Sep
19
I am a social democrat libertarian. When I wrote that in my senior thesis for my goverment minor. I can’t imagine the expression on my professor’s face at the time. My point is that I am an independent. I supported Ron Paul because I am very disillusioned by both parties. A news on Chicago Tribune on the power of online propoganda scared me more than anything else
Chicago Tribune/WGN faced its first challenge on a web mobilization assault by Barack Obama. I donot doubt a second that Republicans are liars about the “lipstick on a pig” issue. They have lied over and over again on the offense in almost every presidential campaign playing with people’s emotions. Obama has only one weapon to fight this in defense: His massive email database is in his disposal to quiet any “lies”. The problem comes at that point. His weapon is used to quiet any dissenting opinions through emailing his supporters to tell his side of story to overrun lobby the TV channels and radio stations about having “controversial” guests who are “liars” with phone calls and emails. The noise created by both the Republicans and Democrats in a political campaign are overwhelming. At last the internet became the last fighting ground of this background noise. I am afraid, in the long run, the power of these online databases will create an oppression of the big government (especially in less democratic countries) through its supporters to create consistent localized peer pressure on the part of the population that does not agree with its policies. Again the name of the party behind such a government is truly not important. Internet is truly becoming a scary weapon against our future. I truly fear for our first amendment and the constitution.
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