Samzdat = Same as that.

[TheMadMonk]

Shamelessly stolen from Terry Pratchett, who quite possibly pinched it from someone else.

How hard would it be to assemble a collection of noteworthy material properly referenced and burn it to disk or simply to paper. And to distribute with the instructions, "Take a copy, Make a copy. And pass it on."

The Internet's quality of bypassing suppression is tempered by its ephemeral nature as well as the sheer deluge of information, most of it worthless noise and chatter.

I think some sort of tangibility is the key. A sheet or bundle of paper. Or a disk with clear instructions on how to disable and re-enable "autorun" features. Something which can be held in the hand and left on a coffee table, in a waiting room, or the seat of a bus.


But "Same as that" can also be applied to concepts as well. Where is the DU News Channel? Where are OUR "talking heads" telling our version of the truth to the credulous masses?


One of our biggest mistakes is our ignoring or denying the apparent fact that a certain very large proportion of any population has no interest in thinking for itself. The want to be told. They are born followers and it is not in their nature to follow a path mapped out by themselves.

AND if WE won't hook a finger in the ring through these people's noses and lead them along a path of "GOODNESS" the "EVIL" opposition surely will.

Some we will never turn, it is in their nature to hate without thought. But a good many just want to do good, and are merely misinformed by and "evil" source on what good really is. These we can get to, if we can get over the hatreds and ideological squeamishness within us.

Hmm bit of a ramble. Off into the nethersphere to sink or swim.

[Gabi Hayes]

1. been around for a long time....Russian word

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=Samizdat&spell=1

[skids]

2. If you want to reach the low tech crowd...

...go audio. Audio CDs of spoken word. That's why the righties value talk radio so much.

And yes leaving "pass me on" stuff around in public places is a good guerilla marketing tactic.

[Az]

3. Its not that people do not want to think for themselves

The problem is that the forces in play have injected so much information and counter misinformation that most people are overwhelmed with the entire mess. The media exacerbates the issue by funneling 24/7 sensationalized noise and muffles any information that would work against its favor. People are rendered numb. They would love to think for themselves. But with all this information overload they are left with what little more than their emotions. And of course that makes them pliable to those who favor appealing to emotions over reason.

[SergeyDovlatov]

4. Samizdat = Self-Published in Russian

modern blogs and website will fit that description