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Originally posted by The Bolshevist
The elderly, whom a computer may be a link to distant grandchildren, may own a computer given to them by a family member. The unemployed, who for no fault of their own, need a computer at home for retraining. What about these groups? Making computers a toy for the financial elite destroys the idea of a global village.
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At best this is an extremely weak argument.
1) the elderly are a miniscule portion of computer owners.
1a) Elderly that do own computers rarely upgrade/purchase new software mostly using it for email and not much else.
2) unemployed - Librarys have computers for public use, computers can be had for about $300 which hardly places them in the financial elite category, and colleges and training centers have computer labs. So why would they NEED one at home, especially since given the choice between someone who received professional training and someone who read a book and learned at home employers will choose the professionally trained individual most of the time (online courses notwithstanding).