> "And as he compares Google to 1800s colonialism, he is making a _complete_ mockery of history. Are you freaking serious? Free Internet offered on balloons is equivalent to EIC-style Imperialism / Colonialism ?"
Colonialism comes in many forms. Sure, there are obvious forms such as enslaving a population and making them mine ore from a mountain so that the colonist can get physical goods. Then there are less obvious forms, cultural imperialism as an example (or as Aral calls it, Digital Imperialism).
Open your mind a bit and criticize him for what he's really saying. You're fighting a straw-man here.
Colonialism comes in many forms. Sure, there are obvious forms such as enslaving a population and making them mine ore from a mountain so that the colonist can get physical goods. Then there are less obvious forms, cultural imperialism as an example (or as Aral calls it, Digital Imperialism).
Open your mind a bit and criticize him for what he's really saying. You're fighting a straw-man here.