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> This is the usual procedure by the freedom government The "freedom" government blocks the internet to censor people? I find that somewhat ironic... (I presume that's the name of the party in power or something. It sure doesn't seem like it's a description of their behavior.)
I put quotation marks around the "freedom" looks better now? xD
Why "freedom"? Is it the name of a political party?
From what I’ve gathered, disenfranchised citizens in Baghdad are protesting, and the government has responded by shutting down the internet. I understand it’s reactionary but what is their logic here?
Starlink can’t come soon enough. Imagine internet beyond the grasp of control freak governments
Imagine how difficult it must be to drive through a neighborhood, and mark off anyone with a satellite dish on their roof as a political criminal. Hint: Not very. Also, how exactly do you plan to pay your bills to your ISP, when their service is illegal in your country?
Well mission accomplished .. I guess. A great documentary if you haven't seen it is "Iraq: No End in Sight." It's pretty clear that the completely failed (non-existent) reconstruction efforts of the Bush administration would lead eventually to a failed state. The same thing is happening in Libya after the Obama era bombings. These places weren't democratic paradises before or anything; I'm not saying that. They had c…
All warfare actions conducted by the United States are excuses for agencies to spend money, and the money goes to corporations that are contolled by politically connected individuals. The dividends from the government consumption of these items enrich the people who are giving the orders to launch the missiles. It is beyond disheartening that innocent people die because of this. I would rather just pay the money, if…
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Lasers between them in orbit is what I've heard, nothing about ground stations, AFAIK.
I could've sworn somebody was planning to use lasers to communicate from the satellite to a ground station, claiming it would improve latency. Maybe I misread.
From what I’ve gathered, disenfranchised citizens in Baghdad are protesting, and the government has responded by shutting down the internet. I understand it’s reactionary but what is their logic here?
From what I’ve gathered, disenfranchised citizens in Baghdad are protesting, and the government has responded by shutting down the internet. I understand it’s reactionary but what is their logic here?
You mean the logic in shutting down the internet? Countries do that these days (see Kashmir) to keep the protests under control by blocking communication and collaboration among the protesters. It increases the barrier to discovery and participation in a protest basically.
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The Iraqi elections are democratic (somewhat? I don’t know the level of Iranian influence) and not controlled by the USA.
"Democratic" is a duplicitous, ambiguous word: - to the people, it means a government that is less corrupt and more accountable to do the people's work; a semi-meritocracy. - in diplomatic circles, it means whatever Americans and their rich owner-class want. There aren't very many democratic countries allowed; they're usually small and don't have a resource curse.
-- It's a government that got majority of the vote.
This has little to do with corruption/accountability, iraqis tend to vote along sectarian lines. There are more shia, they are better organized, they win.