[ WP ] Every human is assigned an up and downvote button when they turn 18 . Getting too many downvotes will have officials take care of you .

`` All I'm saying is that all this overwhelming support for Netflix and Google Fiber these days is going to be our downfall...'' 
 
 I'd had one too many drinks. I could feel my head sloshing around and I could see the looks of disgusted disapproval from my peers, but I did not care and spoke on with the bullheaded momentum that 9 pints of beer allowed. 
 
 ``... I mean people forget that they're companies, and that a company's sole aim is to make money, but they can only do it if they have a large enough customer base....'' 
 
 Something was ticking at the back of my mind and it wasnt my brain, it was as if part if my soul was being chipped away incrementally and I dimly wondered what my approval rating was. 
 
 ``... so all we're really doing is cheering them on whilst they turn into the new big monopoly, and then once they've got no more competitors, BOOM - that's when they amp up the prices.'' 
 
 I was feeling a bit faint, barely clutching onto life, but I'd started my rant and now I wanted to finish it, votes be damned. 
 
 “ I mean people forgat that Microsoft and Apple were once loved companies before they turned'evil'. They were already evil! It's the nature of the game! But people forget!'' 
 
 The room began to swim. I grabbed onto my chair as I teetered. I'd lost most of my audience but I could see one or two of my mates trying to prop me up with their upvotes. It was no use, I was gone. 
 
 “... and that's why people should just pirate media, because at least that way it sends a clear message that people are n't willing to put up paying for something that they can get free. ” 
 
 I tipped off my chair, abandoned by all, and I waited for oblivion.
