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The Cloud Boomer

Every generation has its version of:

> “You’re making life too complicated.
Just buy the avocado.
Just get the coffee.
Just rent the cloud.”



The cloud boomer sees infrastructure sovereignty and thinks the problem is basically a subscription-management issue.

Hardware? Too complicated.
Running your own compute? Too expensive.
Owning your storage? Why bother?
Controlling your network? Just use the API.

The pattern is always the same:

Reduce a systems problem to the price of an avocado, then declare victory.

The cloud didn't eliminate infrastructure.

It abstracted ownership away — and replaced it with dependency.

☁️ Cloud boomer thinking:
“Why own the machine when you can rent it?”

🗿 Sovereign infrastructure thinking:
“Why build critical capability on infrastructure you don't control?”

Different question.
Different civilisation.

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