Even more important than # of individual organizations involved is the aggregate $ value of government funding. How many billions or even trillions of taxpayer dollars is being spent on the Censorship Industrial Complex?
Even more important than # of individual organizations involved is the aggregate $ value of government funding. How many billions or even trillions of taxpayer dollars is being spent on the Censorship Industrial Complex?
What I get is that the gvt. was quietly waving its billions around in the right circles. Nurtured by the dough, a thousand censorship startups sprang up like weeds. If the average funding is a million dollars, then the total is a billion dollars. Censorship is much cheaper than F-35s.
The founders of said startup companies may believe in the cause. On the other hand they may instead think having a startup is more fun than becoming a programmer for Microsoft. A startup may even be a borderline or outright fraud. (I used to work in Silicon Valley so I know about these things.)
When the automobile was invented there were dozens, maybe hundreds, of automobile companies. That didn't last long. (I'm from Michigan so I know about these things.)
It is certain that the field will consolidate rapidly, eventually winding up with five dominant players.
Even more important than # of individual organizations involved is the aggregate $ value of government funding. How many billions or even trillions of taxpayer dollars is being spent on the Censorship Industrial Complex?
What I get is that the gvt. was quietly waving its billions around in the right circles. Nurtured by the dough, a thousand censorship startups sprang up like weeds. If the average funding is a million dollars, then the total is a billion dollars. Censorship is much cheaper than F-35s.
The founders of said startup companies may believe in the cause. On the other hand they may instead think having a startup is more fun than becoming a programmer for Microsoft. A startup may even be a borderline or outright fraud. (I used to work in Silicon Valley so I know about these things.)
When the automobile was invented there were dozens, maybe hundreds, of automobile companies. That didn't last long. (I'm from Michigan so I know about these things.)
It is certain that the field will consolidate rapidly, eventually winding up with five dominant players.
Just like corporate media.