whig's Journal: What America is Becoming

With the rise of the internet, the power structure is already changing. I have previously said that music would be the king, I should more correctly say: king and queen, because female artists will be equally represented. But why won't porn win?

P2P networks contain plenty of porn, of course. And this trend will continue. However, porn, by itself, does not convey a clear and coherent message. Just because people fantasize about things also does not mean they will act on their fantasies.

In the present age of mass-media, I said that some combination of the two existed: this is in the form of the "music video." Soft-porn, it is, but porn nonetheless. Buggles said, when MTV started up, "Video killed the radio star." Indeed. And internet is killing the video star.

As the power devolves from the Microsofts and the media barons, a political shift dramatic enough to be called a revolution will take place. For the last several years I have advocated against voting on the grounds that it legitimates the present system. And I continue to think it is at least worthless to vote when we have no candidate with a reasonable chance of winning. But at some point, an inflection will occur, and we will have our own candidates.

What I believe will emerge is a libertarian socialist democratic republic. I try to use these terms without ideological weight, I am not trying here to advocate that you must agree with this outcome, only that the political dynamic leads to this conclusion.