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What's preventing a General Strike in the United States? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The internet caused us to forgo our tight communities in exchange for being acquaintances with millions of people.

[–] estrange_alien@leminal.space 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

it was not the internet that did that

[–] BarrelsBallot@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

I'd say the internet is also a well defining feature of the neoliberal era, certainly not the sole blame for the destruction of communities but definitely a tool (probably unintentionally) in the belt.