Reply #15: Communication and Organization Through the Internet can save us

[Nothing Without Hope]

The other times fascism took over nations, it was rather easy to suppress dissent. This time hijacking the MSM isn't enough any more. We are back to the original state of person-to-person communication, only now it is instant and covers any distance. There is the added bonus that the communication is directly between minds and isn't sidetracked so easily by gender, age and other traditional barriers to mutual understanding.

I believe that the boisterously communicative, ready-to-organize community of DU is an early prototype of what has become available right in the nick of time and can potentially save democracy in this country. We can end-run the MSM and the progandists of the government and get the truth to each other and then organize to do something about it. Without the internet, I believe this would be nearly impossible to do on the scale and with the speed that are needed.

I really wish someone would write a book on this phenomenon. I have ideas of chapter divisions but no background in the area. There needs to be a history of how this situation evolved and how it leads into the next stage. I would love to be able to get WIll Pitt to write it, but I doubt he would even read an email on the subject. The purpose of the book would be to publicize and popularize this trend and make it move faster, pick upmore people who don't realize that they have an alternative to enduring the MSM and isolation. I think it would be both interesting and politically useful.

And yes, I almost never turn on my TV or read the paper either. And I've never subscribed to cable. Why bother? I get what I need from the internet and can check different perspectives on important stories or get more in-depth fact-checking to try to find out what is REALLY happening. I really can't stand being force-fed propaganda, and because of the internet I can make choices. This is empowering and invigorating and I believe it will continue to spread quickly if people can be educated about it.