The Real Problem (Score 1)

First of all, anyone who deludes themselves into thinking that the government operates seperately from the corporate world is in for a rude awakening. At one point they may have been seperate entities, but that day passed long, long ago. In the current capitalist system, the only controlling factor involved anywhere is money, and until radical changes are made you will not see anything different. The entire country is run by the power of the almighty dollar, and the only goal is to turn a profit. Politicians are just puppets of the corporations and lobbyists; any actions they make against the corporate world are either one of two things: whichever special interest group isn't paying them off at the moment, or a superficial act to garner public support that does no real harm to the company involved. Politicians do not really fear public retribution. They already control far too much of how the general public thinks, as do the corporations.

How many times have you heard people lament having only two political candidates to choose from, or claiming that there is no way for a third party to get into office? This is because the media controls the television and newspapers, which are still the main sources of information for most people. They are secure in their arrangement. Third party candidates and opposing political ideas upset their positions of power and wealth, so they make them non-existent by denying them a spot in national attention. They literally decide who wins and loses elections. More and more, the television will start to tell you who to vote for, and from there the media seeks to control every aspect of your life they can get their hands on. It is how they make money. It is their instinct to survive, and nothing will change that short of their demise.

The internet threatens all this. As it becomes more and more influential and integrated into people's daily lives, new ideas and the potential for them to reach others will increase. People like Ralph Nadar, Harry Browne, and even more extreme groups will be able to get an audience. They will start winning votes. Politicians the corporations can't control may come to power. They may even threaten to destroy the capitalist system and government itself.

The corpo-government's only response to this, if it wants to survive, is to attempt to regulate and control that which threatens it. The problem here is that people fail to realize that any regulation is bad regulation. If the government is allowed to gain control over the net, it will just eventually be turned into an interactive television. Information needs to be free. People need to be able to judge for themselves what is true or not. Never trust the government. It cannot and will never act in your best interests. It will act only in whatever way furthers its chance of survival. The second you begin using the government as your deciding factor in what is truth or not, it will only be a short road until they have everyone brainwashed into believing whatever they want you to think. It will be a short road to Big Brother.

You don't need the government to tell you what is truth or not. We are all intelligent people. We can use discretion and think for ourselves. We can decide what is fact.

There is no problem with 'information poisoning' here. There is only a problem with a group of people in power wanting to scare you into no longer thinking for yourself, so they can do it for you.

Think people, think.