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The Web Won't Topple Tyranny

Posted by michael on from the i-told-you-so dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Joshua Kurlantzick of the New Republic online writes that the internet--once heralded as a revolutionary force in politics--has turned out to be surprisingly nonthreatening to dictators and tyrannies. Reminds me of Howard Dean, and the trend to see technological change as a politically progressive force. Maybe this is not such a good idea?"

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  1. Howard Dean by amigoro · · Score: 0, Troll
    Reminds me of Howard Dean, and the trend to see technological change as a politically progressive force.

    And had he been nominated, he would've probably toppled ONE tyranny.

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  2. The Internet is just a different form of Opium by nycfoobar · · Score: 1, Troll

    ... it used to religion (hell, in Texas it STILL IS), then a house and a car for everyone, then MTV and CNN, well, and now it's the Internet that serves only one purpose: keep us entertained and drugged up on a worldwide scale, so that every country grows an army of ./ geeks that thinks the latest gadgets are more important than politics.

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