democracy, then and now

The history of humanity is a long-running battle between the desire for the freedom of democracy and the oppression of the masses by selfish, greedy, power-hungry autocrats. No news there.

There have been several break-throughs the oppressed have made in the enduring quest to be free of assholes, one of the more impressive being the American Revolution. Still no real news.

But that revolution, despite its promise, did not last as long as most people want to believe. It didn't take too long for the autocrats to reassert their dominance. It is their forte, after all.

This anti-revolution eventually resulted in the formation of The Corporations. It only took them so long because the democratic ideals of the American Revolution were so difficult to overcome.

But overcome they did, leaving us with what we have to tolerate today, remnants of a revolution that only pretends now to democracy. But hope is not lost, not by a long shot. Today, we also have...

The Internet. This far-reaching technology has been the greatest revolution since 1776. Perhaps even greater. But, like its predecessor, the autocrats, who want it all for themselves, are usurping it.

The fascists who control The Corporations, with the aid of their governmental stooges, feel threatened by this vehicle of unfettered democracy, and for good reason. True democrats use it to be free.

Using the internet, the true democrats have been with increasing effectiveness foiling the fascists' attempts at ubiquitous control. At this very moment, the fascists' are fighting back hard--in government.

The outcome of the battles now raging in congress and at the FCC (and most likely in any number of yet to be determined governmental offices) will reveal whether or not American democracy survives.

Or reconstitutes itself, since a good argument can be made for its demise, the corporations having killed it off and replaced it as it slept with alien pods that it grew in places where no one was looking.

But, lately, we have had a form of democracy, on the Net. We have been able to communicate freely, and that communication has been the bane of corporations as citizens slowly discover what they are up to.

So what choice do they have but to try to take it all away from us? Us. It's ours. A public utility. If the fascists are to continue to succeed, they must stifle the effectiveness of our communication. Up the Net.

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can’t touch this

So you want to "regulate" the internet, ostensibly to prevent the piracy of intellectual property, but in fact in order to squash the criticism you receive as the result of a truly democratic medium. Well, go ahead and try and good luck to you. Who knows? You may even win a battle or two before you inevitably lose the war.

Meanwhile, I am "subscribed" to a developing internet service that you'll never be able to regulate. There is no danger to this form of net neutrality. No ISP is going to limit my bandwidth. No corporation will subvert its usage for its own pecuniary purpose. The democratic principle of this service is guaranteed to be forever ubiquitous. Its very nature is the quality that prevents usurpation. Want to know what it is and how to get online?

Well, if you don't already know, it's not likely you will ever find out. Even if I would tell you (which I won't), you're not likely to ever access it unless you already know how, because that is something I can't tell you. It's something you have to learn how to do all by yourself. And you won't, because what you fail to understand is that your own attitude and behavior precludes your participation.

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