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minus-squareRedscare867linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down1·1 year agoWeird, I thought electrical engineers designed those computers but it turns out it was capitalism, because as we all know engineers only exist within a capitalist framework.
minus-squareTomatoes [they/them]@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoComputers were a cap–oh, wait. The Internet was–oh wait. Satellites were–oh dang. I guess shitty profiteers capitalizing on subsidized or even fully government-funded inventions is what that commenter means by capitalism.
Weird, I thought electrical engineers designed those computers but it turns out it was capitalism, because as we all know engineers only exist within a capitalist framework.
Computers were a cap–oh, wait.
The Internet was–oh wait.
Satellites were–oh dang.
I guess shitty profiteers capitalizing on subsidized or even fully government-funded inventions is what that commenter means by capitalism.