"For over 100 years, the U.S. government ‘tolerated’ freedom of speech because they virtually controlled the information that Americans received.
Whether it be from the government-controlled schools, or from watching one of the handful of ‘licensed’ TV stations, all Americans consumed the same pre-packaged “narratives.”
"For over 100 years, the U.S. government ‘tolerated’ freedom of speech because they virtually controlled the information that Americans received.
Whether it be from the government-controlled schools, or from watching one of the handful of ‘licensed’ TV stations, all Americans consumed the same pre-packaged “narratives.”
There was no threat to the government from Americans speaking freely, as long as the “narratives” were controlled.
But that monopoly has been shattered with the Internet.
We all choose our sources of information, who to follow and who to block, or just ignore.
While lies will always exist (both in and out of government) the American people actually have fighting chance to hear the truth!
It's now possible to hear/see/read the truth, and it can come from anywhere in the world, at any time.
Under these new circumstances, the government is finding freedom of speech intolerable, because their control over information is gone." - Ron Paul
And at the same time the internet is used to surveil, track, and manipulate at a granular level never before achievable with earlier technologies. Let us not be naive.
"For over 100 years, the U.S. government ‘tolerated’ freedom of speech because they virtually controlled the information that Americans received.
Whether it be from the government-controlled schools, or from watching one of the handful of ‘licensed’ TV stations, all Americans consumed the same pre-packaged “narratives.”
There was no threat to the government from Americans speaking freely, as long as the “narratives” were controlled.
But that monopoly has been shattered with the Internet.
We all choose our sources of information, who to follow and who to block, or just ignore.
While lies will always exist (both in and out of government) the American people actually have fighting chance to hear the truth!
It's now possible to hear/see/read the truth, and it can come from anywhere in the world, at any time.
Under these new circumstances, the government is finding freedom of speech intolerable, because their control over information is gone." - Ron Paul
“Their control over information is gone.” We will overcome!
And at the same time the internet is used to surveil, track, and manipulate at a granular level never before achievable with earlier technologies. Let us not be naive.