My opinion: coaptation of the computer underground by cultural Marxism Planning obsolescence is one of the pillars of "cultural Marxism" in economics. The idea was borrowed and, as it is now customary to write, rethought from the Bolsheviks. Why do good when you can always produce a low-quality product? As it was done in the classical socialist competition in the USSR. What matters is not how well a product or goods is made. The only important thing is that this time it is better than the previous product. And due to the fact that the product is never properly made, it is forced to constantly change. It is this "cultural Marxist" model that links Big Tech and the "progress" myth. Anyone who has see technology at the very beginning understands perfectly well that there is no progress in modern progress. It can be argued that there is no progress in any of the consumer goods. This is just an integration of what has already been invented in the days of good old America. All this is a product of a derivative of neuromarketing. The conviction of the end consumer that he is an accomplice of some unprecedented progress. And those who do not participate in these neocommunist rat races are losers. The problem of the computer underground is precisely this. Hundreds of millions of useful idiots are playing counterculture, identifying themselves by coaptation with the movement to which they do not belong. We know a lot of people copying the patterns of the underground. They photograph BBS, Gopher, Usenet, P2P, IRC and so on. With only one purpose. They play with nostalgia and retro. This is a very severe mental disorder of the mind. Because "cultural Marxism", thanks to "socialist competition" implies the presence of constant cycles of obsolescence. And the ultimate victim of social media in a year can change a lot of brands and subscriptions. In pursuit of elusive progress. Despite the fact that the "smartphone ghetto" is a niche product, many consumers of this neo-communist garbage are convinced that everyone around is using it. And if something else is in service and continues to work, then this is retro. A coaptation reality of thought, safe for useful idiots. The truth is that there is no such thing as retro in technology. This is a personal unhealthy psychosis instilled by the "cultural Marxist" agenda. Don't believe? This is easy to check. Go to any plant older than 30 years and see what equipment is used there. You will be surprised how many machine tools, conveyor belts and so on use "retro" operating systems and computers. In production, no one will change working equipment just because it is considered retro or nostalgic. Why? Everything is very simple. The basis of sound calculation and sober mind is economic expediency. The green snot of retrocomputing nostalgia is a product of mass neomarxist psychosis. I know guys from GOA, NRA who have their own IRC servers. None of them even thought, or maybe does not suspect that from the point of view of consumers they is an oldschool boys. This is really stupid. The "smartphone ghetto" is so cut off from reality by the soap bubbles of social media that, like schizophrenics, it imposes its social hallucinations of retro and nostalgia on everything. Another problem is that people co-opted by "cultural Marxism" and the agenda of social media do not notice the obvious fact. Private communications tools created by millions of administrators around the world have a different purpose. Namely, the expansion of freedom and communication, bypassing the HTTPs protocol, limited by the "world behind the scenes". This leads to a logical conclusion. Consumerists can play computer counterculture all they want, but they can never become a platform for democracy. Because their minds are poisoned by the schizophrenia of "cultural Marxism" and the limitations of political correctness. Via dividing existing technologies into old and new, and people into dissenting fascists and correct tolerant neo-Marxists. And as a result, conservation from the outside world inside the snot bubbles of the "smartphone ghetto". This is the reason why most Gopher:// sites are in the Onion zone. No one is interested in mediocre smartphonefuckers zombies broadcasting a schizophrenic neo-Marxist agenda. Retro old-school boys from Web2/3 really do not need anyone and are not interested here. And I had to point it out in this post.