On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Michael Cardenas wrote: > I think that Bruce Schneier's terse comment just illustrates the > flippant attitude that lots of geeks have towards politics, and that > lots of people have also. Just because geeks know a lot about > technology, doesn't mean that they're impervious to the massive > propaganda and mind control that goes on in democratic societies to keep > the rabble out of the political process.
Group think isn't qute the same a mind control. Nobody actually "controls" the masses, but smart and dangerous folks know how to ride them. Sitting back and watching the mob can give you a clue where not to stand.... > I just have a hard time seeing the bridge between armed rebellion > against the largest military power the world has ever known, the U.S., > and some new networking technologies that are being designed for cisco > to make more money. Even beautiful open source efforts like p2p and > linux that actually express the will of the people are starting to get > onto the radar of U.S. legislators, who see the danger it poses to the > traditional power structures. Unless all those free software programmers > are prepared for armed rebellion when their right to share code is taken > away, I'm not sure its all going to mean much. It's an absolute last resort that nobody really wants to get into. Nobody like the idea of getting shot at. So as long as they don't have to, they won't. > "Be the change you wish to see in the world" > -Mahatma Gandhi So how we gonna change the world dude? Patience, persistence, truth, Dr. mike
