Katz makes the assumption that everybody is plugged in and on line. I work for a major technology company and I can tell you, a good chunk of the folks don't know their mouse from their...never mind.
Even if these folks were plugged in, its fairly safe to say that they're not reading intellectual treatises on politics anywhere much less at slashdot.
No, the net has not unleashed a new brand of American politics, nor has it really changed the existing political landscape. It has merely given a weak voice to a minority of folks that actually have some semblance of cranial function. The majority are still buffaloed by the moneyed minority, and po' folks don't show any signs of coming to consciousness soon.
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First Vapor Ware, now MS has developed...(drum roll please..) RANSOM WARE
Katz makes the assumption that everybody is plugged in and on line. I work for a major technology company and I can tell you, a good chunk of the folks don't know their mouse from their...never mind.
Even if these folks were plugged in, its fairly safe to say that they're not reading intellectual treatises on politics anywhere much less at slashdot.
No, the net has not unleashed a new brand of American politics, nor has it really changed the existing political landscape. It has merely given a weak voice to a minority of folks that actually have some semblance of cranial function. The majority are still buffaloed by the moneyed minority, and po' folks don't show any signs of coming to consciousness soon.