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I strongly suspect we would be in a similar position even if we weren't living in a world of such blatant corruption.
has known for a long time that they can make more money offering a worse product. Why should the internet be any different?
That being said, Elites are definitely taking advantage of it. If The Internet is a Dead Mall, it's a mall that was built adjacent to a college campus. The college campus has been a culture war battlefield for decades.