When the "people" made the Internet, they hoped it would be a way for the masses to have access to information. If you think about it, pretty much the totality of human knowledge is available online. Everything from ancient (and now extinct) languages, to astrophysics, how to build a canoe, science, technology, gluten free recipes and so on are accessible to the majority of people on the planet. That the same people spend most of their time looking at cat memes and buttsex porn...is another story. :)
But, and as is often the case, its been hijacked by corporatists wanting to make several more billions. As an example, earlier today I tapped Santa Fe into Bing, and was surprised and disappointed to find that the first page of search results was not about "Santa Fe" the city, but rather "Santa Fe" which apparently some car has the same name. Santa Fe the city, is the oldest continuously inhabited capital city in the USA. It has eons of history, culture, unique music, language, dance, cuisine, Native American jewelry, is internationally known, is probably one of the highest per capita cities for having gazillionares, movie stars, Opera, and so forth, but rather than it being the first "hit" from search engines...it goes to the gross commercialization of business wanting to sell you...a fucking car. Its so disgusting.
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