5G

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  • yuekit0

    Trump admin is now saying they want a national 5G network instead of leaving it to private companies to build.

    Actually they would create a monopoly where a single company builds the network at the direction of the Pentagon...state capitalism basically.

    https://www.axios.com/white-hous…

    • Chyna-Styleoey_oey
    • It's weird that Republicans would be proposing this but I think it shows the frustration at how slowly it's been rolled out in USA...yuekit
    • Commucapitalismutopian
    • Yankee Doodle Dandy Capitalismutopian
    • 'at the direction of the Pentagon'
      That sounds perfectly normal and above board.
      face_melter
    • weird? since when is it weird for republicans to grant huge govt contracts to their cronies?imbecile
    • "if we install the network, spying on these idiots should be that much easier, right?"imbecile
    • I would be in favor of this, actually, if it meant creating new jobs for lower skilled workers and faster internet for higher skilled liberals to make progressmonospaced
    • I'm not necessarily against it either. I've been thinking for a while USA will move closer to China's economic approach, just out of necessity.yuekit
    • Cue deathboy’s anti-socialist Venezuela rant in 3...2...1_niko
    • What could go wrong?scarabin
    • this would make it difficult to private networks just sayin.sted
    • “‘ faster internet for higher skilled liberals to make progress “Gnash

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