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> This is a sad but inevitable consequences of tech people having no grounding in ethics. And really no education in or respect for the humanities at all.

I'm going to bet a significant portion of "tech people" have some background in the humanities. After all, many of us are the children of "The Matrix". Also, what does a background in humanities have to do morals or morality. The most evil people in the past few centuries have had significant education and respect for the humanities.

> justify the destruction of the commons online since the creation of the banner ad

It's not the "tech people" doing that. It's the people with a 'background in humanities' pushing for the destruction of the "commons online". Tech people are doing what they are told.