Try replacing 'internet' in your statement with 'post office' and see how absurd it is. Providing public access to the internet is NOT the same as controlling internet access. People are free to get their internet connection from a private enterprise, and if the government begins instituting draconian laws governing the use of public internet access, they will.
How can so mainly nominally smart people be so dumb about how best to influence the democratic process.
Because 'smart' doesn't imply 'informed.' Put another way, it is entirely possible to be simultaneously 'smart' and 'ignorant,' and most of us manage it in numerous fields in which we have only a passing familiarity.
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Try replacing 'internet' in your statement with 'post office' and see how absurd it is. Providing public access to the internet is NOT the same as controlling internet access. People are free to get their internet connection from a private enterprise, and if the government begins instituting draconian laws governing the use of public internet access, they will.
How can so mainly nominally smart people be so dumb about how best to influence the democratic process. Because 'smart' doesn't imply 'informed.' Put another way, it is entirely possible to be simultaneously 'smart' and 'ignorant,' and most of us manage it in numerous fields in which we have only a passing familiarity.