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Tech has always been part of the establishment, funded by capital trying to solve capital's problems. The only part of tech that really deviates from this is the free software community, which has always been hostile to capital. The blackout day emerged from people, not the industry, and people have changed.

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idunno, I remember when everything cool I found on the internet was on a .edu domain, because that's almost all there was. But yeah, capitalist tech has always been part of the establishment. A lot of the good stuff comes from non-profit-related motivations, fortunately.

I remember how I used to call a BBS rather than go to the internet because there was much more than just universities and their research - took a long time until there wasn't a reason to call the BBS, around the point when all the people moved their content.

I wouldn't really call "cool stuff on the internet" the tech industry, as much as I'd love to claim it.

> funded by capital trying to solve capital's problems

Is this parody?

Should we start against the trade unions and German barbarians next? (The latter to avenge Varus and recapture the Eagles.)

Parody?

It's obvious, and common sense.

A parody of what? I don't get the joke.

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