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-The consensus among historians today that the Internet played an essential part in the 21st Century emergence of vast planetary movements strong enough to overthrow the dying capitalist world-system. But for a long time it was a contested arena and a two-edged sword.The abandoned step-child of the U.S. military network designed to survive atomic attack, it was taken up by university researchers,​ students, hackers and networks of anti-capitalist protesters around the globe. At the same time, governments and corporations began exploiting the technology for political surveillance and commercial exploitation (see [[platform2#​the_dark_side|below]]).+The consensus among historians today, in 2117, is that the Internet played an essential part in the 21st Century emergence of vast planetary movementsstrong enough to overthrow the dying capitalist world-system. But for a long time the Internet ​was a contested arena and a two-edged sword.The abandoned step-child of U.S. military network designed to survive atomic attack, it was taken up by university researchers,​ students, hackers and networks of anti-capitalist protesters around the globe. At the same time, governments and corporations began exploiting the technology for political surveillance and commercial exploitation (see [[platform2#​the_dark_side|below]]).
  
 Two qualities enabled the passengers and crew of Starship Earth to use the World Wide Web as a Place to Stand (Platform) and wield the Lever of Planetary Solidarity. These were: Two qualities enabled the passengers and crew of Starship Earth to use the World Wide Web as a Place to Stand (Platform) and wield the Lever of Planetary Solidarity. These were:
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