Why Liberals Are Turning Against the Internet
1st August 2018
A reliable Voice of the Crust realizes that, oh noes! When the reins of power are gathered into few hands, bad things happen.
“Silicon Valley Is Not Your Friend,” cried a recent headline in The New York Times. Perhaps surprisingly, the long article below called for federal regulation of the destructive and arrogant information high-tech companies now being blamed for the election of President Donald Trump and much else besides. Having spent years telling its readership that Zuckerberg was a revolutionary innovator and boy genius, The New York Times has had second thoughts. If you believe that the most pressing danger facing the American Republic is sitting in the White House, the author explained, then think again. Apparently, it’s hidden in Silicon Valley.
August 1st, 2018 at 18:02
I suspect that their problem isn’t that the reins of power are gathered into few hands. I suspect their problem is that the reins of power are not guaranteed to be in *their* few hands when it comes to the Internet. Therefore the call for more government (read Leftist) intervention.