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GI_X_JACK t1_is6wvcx wrote
What story are you talking about? Were would a single individual be able to cut off internet for other people for money?
When the internet was first made public, it was in the period after the cold war, before the GWOT, and the US had no conflicts. The people who ran the internet largely took a very "hands off" approach. It wasn't politicized because there wasn't a need.
As far a physically cutting off internet? even cell phones? Starlink? I mean people cut power, and stop the plumbing occasionally all the time for nefarious reasons, it always gets turned back on sooner or later.
It wasn't until the early 2010s that it really started getting mainstream, and started becoming a new front for nation-state espionage and war. Two big points: one, this is more the norm for the US. Two, the internet is mainstream, so cannot kinda duck out by being some weird corner of society. It will be ruled as an extension of such.
GI_X_JACK t1_iuk8zj4 wrote
Reply to comment by KmartQuality in British and Austrian scientists have developed substances that have the opportunity to replace rare earths. In the future, the "artificial cosmic magnets" produced in the laboratory are expected to be used in wind power generation and electric vehicles. by future168life
It used to be mined all in California. China then sank price of mineralls in the short term to put everyone else out of business until they controlled the market.