In a way, they were already a monopoly. If a government controls the actions of numerous companies, the companies vie for control of the government as recompense. They have no choice but to go prisoner's dilemma.
And so the oligarchy is formed.

That’s worth burning down parliament for

It won't, because people like PureEvilPie supprt the move

Well, pep is big gay.

It's not something you get rid of easily

They become cartels, indeed, Lios.

@Eccles That kind of internet control is the most pressing concern of our time

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It'd spell the end to opposition to the mainstream narrative as we know it

And because of misplaced desire for unregulated capitalism, it will become reality, Sam

Because corporations will push for it

Samaritan™ Today at 7:54 AM
"If VPNs where outlawed it'd just vindicate Scale_es anti regulation position"

His position is vindicated on a daily basis, minute by minute, second by second, spanning back to the dawn of human civilization.

And PeP-like normies will clap it and cheer it's coming

It's going to happen in the EU first I think as they are comparatist

And have already talked about doing so

Is someone saying there an Ancap?

It all depends on how far back you are willing to defend your human instinct to force.
If someone wants to take something from you, how far are you going to go to defend it?

hm well in my CoO weve only had any alternatives to mainstream accepted by the mainstream 30 years ago

Minarchist, @ubermensch.

it doesnt change much

Africa is actually such a shithole imao

could actually be better for population to have the internet so regulated you go outside meet real people

They discovered the wheel, recently.

https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1174911060115169281

Honestly, svar, I could possibly get behind that. It'd have to be a dystopian scenario, though

It'd be better for peoples mental health but it'd mean the death of opposition to the mainstream narrative on said internet and the media as you'd just be banned for hate speech the first time you typed nigger

Nigger

It isn't a one sided thing

The internet isn't so regulated nobody can use it

No just us

Well my parents and even eldest brother remember the ever present possibility of being unpersoned

I largely view the internet as a network of institutions.

Remember when it was happening to commies and the left thought it was bad?

If you think you can't express yourself in PC language you're incorrect

They all self-regulate in their own capacity.

They want you to requires an internet licence that requires id so you cannot be anon

I envision a dystopian regulation. AI takes over your computerized device. Tells you to "fuck off, meet this person here," as someone they've decided you would be willing to talk to over numerous subjects.

@svarozhyc you can't