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BlindTiresias

(1,563 posts)
25. Granted
Sun Jun 29, 2014, 03:47 AM
Jun 2014

My entry into the discussion may not have been entirely fair to you, but I simply do not see how people can rein these people in, no possible mechanism exists. Furthermore, if people did have the power to rein them in why even keep them around so they can push for austerity 2.0 a generation or two down the road?

My argument is simple, I guess: Do people have the ability to rein them in? If no, then we must suffer what we must under a new feudalism. If yes, why preserve these aristocrats and indulge their power fantasies and need for control?

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #1
I could post the references for the OP RainDog Jun 2014 #3
That might be cool for some members. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #4
sadly, the unethical experiment on fb confirms other research RainDog Jun 2014 #5
That doesn't surprise me you can see it here at D.U. as well, not from a top down manipulation Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #7
Big K&R! -nt Anansi1171 Jun 2014 #2
Idealistic nonsense BlindTiresias Jun 2014 #6
The Internet works toward reigning in the capitalists. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #8
They own the internet BlindTiresias Jun 2014 #11
We are the Internet, without us there is no Information Superhighway or it would be something Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #12
Irrelevant BlindTiresias Jun 2014 #14
When you say they are monitoring what does that mean other than listening? Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #19
So what? BlindTiresias Jun 2014 #21
Are you suggesting there are no good products or services? n/t Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #22
I am saying without significant intervention BlindTiresias Jun 2014 #23
The masses both here and abroad that make up the Internet aren't static, we're not locked into a Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #26
And if we end up with a new form of feudalism? BlindTiresias Jun 2014 #27
We won't because that idea doesn't have enough merit supported by the people. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #28
Eh BlindTiresias Jun 2014 #30
How many people are on the Internet and what is a substantial portion? n/t Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #31
Large enough to have a significant presence? BlindTiresias Jun 2014 #34
Extremists of all types exist, that's always been the case, but I have faith in the majority Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #36
Negative nonsense RainDog Jun 2014 #9
They are one entity BlindTiresias Jun 2014 #10
So how are you going to change the world? RainDog Jun 2014 #13
No change is likely forthcoming BlindTiresias Jun 2014 #15
So you offer nothing RainDog Jun 2014 #16
Hardly BlindTiresias Jun 2014 #17
How do you propose to do those things? RainDog Jun 2014 #18
?? BlindTiresias Jun 2014 #20
I didn't say I was idealistic RainDog Jun 2014 #24
Granted BlindTiresias Jun 2014 #25
What you advocate is a permanent state of terror RainDog Jun 2014 #29
Terror? BlindTiresias Jun 2014 #32
Well, in your utopia RainDog Jun 2014 #33
I'm not talking about communism here BlindTiresias Jun 2014 #35
K&R me b zola Jul 2014 #37
Seriously... ReRe Jul 2014 #38
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