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>computers and internet access also costs money, so does this mean that the introduction of these technologies presents an ethical problem, because the poorer part of the population may not be able to afford it, thus increasing inequality?

some folks argue yes, that internet access should be a basic human right.

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Poor wretched souls of the previous millennia...they all were denied their basic human rights.

Poor slaves of the previous century .... they all were denied their basic human rights.

Yes, they were.

And this is insensitive to say, but at least it was just the enslaved minority denied basic rights, rather than every single human on the face of the earth.

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