Am I really the only person here who sees the obvious solution?
What do we have here? Programmers. Network Designers. Hackers.
Sounds to me like we have the groundwork for your own internet.
The simple fact of the matter is the things you were told in high school about democracy are false. Voting gets you nothing. If it did no one would be president, no one would be a senator and no one would be in charge on capitol hill (As if that was such a stretch of the imagination). The reasons are simple. 12 humans in a room can't agree on what to have for lunch. I've been on enough jury's to see this first hand. In fact we have to have an electoral college in the US to fix this problem. The only people in a democracy who have any real power are those who are willing to seize it at any cost. Don't believe me/Don't want to believe me? Test it. If you want a corporation to do something, never threaten them with legal action. They have a collection of lawyers to deal with people like you. If you really want action from a corporation there are 2 things you can do.
1, Expose them and don't stop. The more they threaten the louder you get. This has happened many times across the internet since this century started. Many of you reading this now and know what I'm talking about.
2, Unionize them. I've found this threat works particularity well with groups like Wal-Mart and CosCo. Your results may vary. For increased results, leave Marxist literature laying around company grounds.
That being said if you really want to eliminate power from these monopolies, create your own co-op. Keep in mind when and if you do they will come after you. They will threaten you. They will attack you. But they will do so with blunted swords. When they do get louder. Don't hide, shout from the mountain tops. Make sure you can't turn on the TV or radio, or open a newspaper, or read a website, without hearing about how the media monopoly is stepping on your rights. As Jello Biafra famously said "Don't hate the media. Become the media." There is no law in the US which prevents a groups of individuals from starting a corporation. There is no amount of litigation that will allow a corporation to arrest an entire town with the excuse of protecting profits. They may cut off services. You may have to do without some things you are used to. People may get hurt. That's what happens in a revolution. Until you people are will to take action, whatever the cost, no matter how long it takes, You have no right to complain. They have already won.
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Am I really the only person here who sees the obvious solution? What do we have here? Programmers. Network Designers. Hackers. Sounds to me like we have the groundwork for your own internet. The simple fact of the matter is the things you were told in high school about democracy are false. Voting gets you nothing. If it did no one would be president, no one would be a senator and no one would be in charge on capitol hill (As if that was such a stretch of the imagination). The reasons are simple. 12 humans in a room can't agree on what to have for lunch. I've been on enough jury's to see this first hand. In fact we have to have an electoral college in the US to fix this problem. The only people in a democracy who have any real power are those who are willing to seize it at any cost. Don't believe me/Don't want to believe me? Test it. If you want a corporation to do something, never threaten them with legal action. They have a collection of lawyers to deal with people like you. If you really want action from a corporation there are 2 things you can do. 1, Expose them and don't stop. The more they threaten the louder you get. This has happened many times across the internet since this century started. Many of you reading this now and know what I'm talking about. 2, Unionize them. I've found this threat works particularity well with groups like Wal-Mart and CosCo. Your results may vary. For increased results, leave Marxist literature laying around company grounds. That being said if you really want to eliminate power from these monopolies, create your own co-op. Keep in mind when and if you do they will come after you. They will threaten you. They will attack you. But they will do so with blunted swords. When they do get louder. Don't hide, shout from the mountain tops. Make sure you can't turn on the TV or radio, or open a newspaper, or read a website, without hearing about how the media monopoly is stepping on your rights. As Jello Biafra famously said "Don't hate the media. Become the media." There is no law in the US which prevents a groups of individuals from starting a corporation. There is no amount of litigation that will allow a corporation to arrest an entire town with the excuse of protecting profits. They may cut off services. You may have to do without some things you are used to. People may get hurt. That's what happens in a revolution. Until you people are will to take action, whatever the cost, no matter how long it takes, You have no right to complain. They have already won.