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minus-squarePrettyFlyForAFatGuy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoImagine living in the 2020’s in the developed world and not realizing that internet access is a basic necessity. Then imagine being the sort of person who would deny poor people basic necessities
minus-squarePerogiBoi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoThey know full well that internet is a necessity to participate in society. That is why they are blocking it with every fibre of their being. To them, poor people are poor because god is angry at them. They deserve to be poor.
Imagine living in the 2020’s in the developed world and not realizing that internet access is a basic necessity.
Then imagine being the sort of person who would deny poor people basic necessities
They know full well that internet is a necessity to participate in society.
That is why they are blocking it with every fibre of their being.
To them, poor people are poor because god is angry at them. They deserve to be poor.