The Marubo tribe from Brazil has lived for centuries in isolation in the jungle along the Itui River, a tributary of the Amazon. Nine months ago, their village, which has a population of about 2,000, installed 20 satellite Internet systems from Starlink.
According to The New York Times, the Marubos were initially delighted, as they were able to quickly call rescuers and doctors, as well as communicate with relatives who had moved from the tribe to the city.
Now, however, the elders have sounded the alarm. The youth had become lazy and were spending half a day in hammocks with smartphones.
"When he was brought in, everyone was happy. But now things have gotten worse. The young people have become lazy because of the internet, they are learning the customs of white people,” a tribal elder, 73-year-old Tsainama Marubo, told the New York Times.
The Marubo are a chaste tribe who don't even approve of kissing in public, but Alfredo Marubo (all Marubo share the same last name) said he is concerned about the advent of systems that bring super-fast internet to remote corners of the planet because they could completely change standards of decency.
Alfredo said that many young Marubo men had become addicted to porn. They have been sharing porn videos in group chat rooms, and he has already noticed more “aggressive sexual behavior” in some of them.
Also, Alfredo said, the men became addicted to playing online shooters on smartphones. As a result, the elders imposed a restriction on Internet use - no more than two hours in the morning and five hours in the evening.
“If you don't hunt, fish or grow plants, you won't have anything to eat,” the elder warned.
