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		hanshan on July 11, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A California mall operator is sharing license plat... "The internet would not exist without advertising"

s_kilk on July 11, 2018 [–]

Utterly wrong. The Internet wouldn't exist without gigantic state funding. The early Internet was completely free of commercial influence.

hanshan on July 11, 2018 | [–]

In case you didn't realize, my comment and the parent's comment are satirical.

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