There's a huge difference between being the colony and being the colonizer. 

I'm pondering mostly what's next in hardening. We have good encryption and we have independent means of trade. Time to start really developing microfabs? Still feels early.

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It's bonkers to me how many talking heads of various types have switched seamlessly into the idea that the US has become a colonial power.  Like, it's fine.

I'm not naive enough to think that realpolitik hasn't been the driving force behind pretty much everything since pretty much forever, but would expect some modest protest from certain directions, at least.  (I'm discounting the protests from sources that protest everything, always.)

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Rand Paul turns against Section 230 - Reason

It's bonkers to me how many talking heads of various types have switched seamlessly into the idea that the US has become a colonial power.  Like, it's fine.  

I'm not naive enough to think that realpolitik hasn't been the driving force behind pretty much everything since pretty much forever, but would expect some modest protest from certain directions, at least.  (I'm discounting the protests from sources that protest everything, always.)