Billions have been given to telecoms for ages to build out infrastructure to rural areas and it always fails. The ISPs say oh its so expensive, we only got this tiny fraction done, and the government nods their heads and gives them billions more when they say theyll do it next time, and the same thing happens over and over.
Damn, why is the world like this? Or at least this country?
I mean, I know the answer is corruption, corporatism, neoliberalism, and capitalism. But, like, why are those things the way the world is? It didn’t have to be this way…
Billions have been given to telecoms for ages to build out infrastructure to rural areas and it always fails. The ISPs say oh its so expensive, we only got this tiny fraction done, and the government nods their heads and gives them billions more when they say theyll do it next time, and the same thing happens over and over.
Damn, why is the world like this? Or at least this country?
I mean, I know the answer is corruption, corporatism, neoliberalism, and capitalism. But, like, why are those things the way the world is? It didn’t have to be this way…
Until people with good hearts can use violence for good ends, and can pass down that ability, it will always be this way.
It happens up here in Canada as well, so not just a USA thing, at least with the telecoms.
And ya it really sucks.