2026-09-16 16:46 UTC
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@scott@social.linux.pizza 2026-09-16 22:11
@ajroach42@retro.social you have. it's cars. there was tons of opposition to cars when they were first introduced, similar to the opposition to AI and data centers today. cars were shoved down peoples throats by the industry lobbying governments to pass laws making streets exclusive to cars, and by the invention of modern marketing as we know it. cars were so unpopular they literally had to reinvent marketing to get people to use them!
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@ajroach42@retro.social 2026-09-17 14:30
Wow, I got so many smug "well actually" responses to this thread.
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@theeclecticdyslexic@mstdn.social 2026-09-16 23:20
@ajroach42@retro.social my mind keeps going to the helio centric model of the solar system, because that required some work to prevent people using it! Same with written language. The interesting thing there, I think, is the reason there is an effort to force this, while in the past effort was made to prevent use of other technologies, is those technologies increased freedom and diversity of thought, this one reduces it.
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@glitterbean@wehavecookies.social 2026-09-16 23:26
@ajroach42@retro.social The word "Orwellian" comes to mind.