HLMenckenFan@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoDonald Trump may "turn off the internet" if elected, former staffer sayswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1427arrow-down177cross-posted to: asklemmy@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1350arrow-down1external-linkDonald Trump may "turn off the internet" if elected, former staffer sayswww.newsweek.comHLMenckenFan@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square93fedilinkcross-posted to: asklemmy@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.world
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·9 months agoWell, he’d pretty much turn off the government if he turned off the internet anyway
minus-squareFaceDeer@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·9 months agoYou say that as if Republicans don’t want exactly that.
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months agoNo internet, no imaginary numbers go up.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoRepublicans don’t want government, but they do want their corporate masters to make money. Which whey won’t do if there is no internet.
minus-squareFaceDeer@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoAre you suggesting that the Republicans might lack a sense of foresight and awareness of the consequences of their actions? Well I never.
minus-squarenoroute@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoI agree and this is exactly my point. It will be chaos worse than anything we ever seen. People just don’t realize how dependent everything is on internet now.
Well, he’d pretty much turn off the government if he turned off the internet anyway
You say that as if Republicans don’t want exactly that.
No internet, no imaginary numbers go up.
Republicans don’t want government, but they do want their corporate masters to make money. Which whey won’t do if there is no internet.
Are you suggesting that the Republicans might lack a sense of foresight and awareness of the consequences of their actions? Well I never.
I agree and this is exactly my point. It will be chaos worse than anything we ever seen. People just don’t realize how dependent everything is on internet now.