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by SpicyLemonZest 4 hours ago
When ecommerce was getting big, I knew a number of people who thought it was absurd. You can't just send money over the Internet, hackers will steal it! You should use normal payment methods, like writing "fifteen dollars and 56/100------" on a special piece of paper the bank gave you.
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Never thought I'd see the ycombinator peeps deny the existence of the Luddite mindset, but here we are.
It's more a post GamerGate understanding of a nerds vs the world narrative framing
The death of Harambe and Cecil the lion ruined the whole world and directly lead to GamerGate/Trump and world wise ride in right wing populaism.