Comment by paimapi

7 hours ago

you say that like American lobbyists and Congress people are at-all technically minded and not just hyperbolic princes seeking influence at any cost

To be fair, describing the internet as a series of tubes is rather technical to some extent.

  • If they said "pipes" network admins probably would have given it a pass.

    • we had one chance to elect that technocrat who could have set us on the path that the PRC is on now. instead, we decided it was more important to feel like we could have a beer with the President and so ended up invading Iraq and Afghanistan instead