Marc Andreessen Pro-Colonialism Tweet Riles India Tech World
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Re: Marc Andreessen Pro-Colonialism Tweet Riles India Tech World
#2Andreessen is such a drama queen. I said something clever and a little critical to him on twitter once and he blocked my ass. He runs his mouth off and says stupid shit all the time.
Re: Marc Andreessen Pro-Colonialism Tweet Riles India Tech World
#3Andreessen is such a drama queen. I said something clever and a little critical to him on twitter once and he blocked my ass. He runs his mouth off and says stupid shit all the time.
The tone of your comment comes off as drama. When it doesn't include the details of the tweet, people are left guessing. If no mention of the other things you find questionable are explained, then it's just flaming. This isn't to defend him, but to suggest this style doesn't help solve the problem of sloppy social media commentary.
Re: Marc Andreessen Pro-Colonialism Tweet Riles India Tech World
#4Extremely stupid tweet by Andreessen. He probably doesn't even realize that, like most ignorant people.
FYI it was socialism that held back the Indian economy during the 70s and 80s.
And it was colonialism that drained the country's wealth for over two hundred years.
Here, Mr. Andreessen, educate yourself: https://www.google.com/search?q=bengal+famine
Re: Marc Andreessen Pro-Colonialism Tweet Riles India Tech World
#5Finally he gets caught out for saying stupid shit. Every thing this man says is self serving (which is fine) but he tries to disguise it as profound knowledge. Ben Evans is 10x worse however, he is one idiotic twat.
Re: Marc Andreessen Pro-Colonialism Tweet Riles India Tech World
#6Knowing the sentiment in tech about keeping internet free from external interests, I don't know how he could support Facebook's plan like this. On top of that he was condescending towards India by bringing up "poor" and "morality" when instead he should have commended India for not falling for the trap.
He is entitled to his opinions about colonialism. People that care about it will respond.
Re: Marc Andreessen Pro-Colonialism Tweet Riles India Tech World
#7Man wrote words on Twitter. This is news now.
Re: Marc Andreessen Pro-Colonialism Tweet Riles India Tech World
#8So Free Basics has been in India for about a year already. Are any of the grand claims about it supported by the data? I like data.
Re: Marc Andreessen Pro-Colonialism Tweet Riles India Tech World
#9There is one salient example: fresh water in India.
In 1947, the British departed with 24/7 pressurized water across the developed parts of India.
Now, the British-built water system has all but collapsed. Instead of pressurized water, the water comes weakly and only intermittantly. What difference does that make, you ask?
Well, if a pressurized system leaks, the leak causes water to leave the pipe. In a non-pressurized system--coupled with the user-side pumps that are used to pull in more water--leaks flow INTO the water line, bringing contamination with it. Couple that with the common practice of placing fresh water and sewer lines in the same trench and everytime somebody pumps that water toward them, they are pulling in fecal matter that leaked from the adjacent sewer lines, which also leak.
That's why Indians often cannot drink their water without going through reverse osmosis. This is just an example of how India frittered away a resource the British brought them.
Re: Marc Andreessen Pro-Colonialism Tweet Riles India Tech World
#10Tweet in question:
> “Anti-colonialism has been economically catastrophic for the Indian people for decades. Why stop now?”
The context is: India’s telecom regulator this week blocked Facebook's free, but limited internet service.