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that doesn't even understand (or are unwilling to accept) the responsibilities of citizenship in a democratic republic, the same technological forces that make an Information Age possible also make a Disinformation Age possible, even likely.
Democrats moving America forward!
by ActivistGuy on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 07:28:29 AM PDT
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the entire thesis behind Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death in one succinct statement. Well done.
Hillary Clinton--Destroying the Democratic Party in order to "save" it.
by Sharoney on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 08:35:34 AM PDT
Seems like this quote is in need of updating.
A popular Government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance
Sí Se Puede Cambiar
by pontechango on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 08:37:29 AM PDT
We are being governed by ignorance.
Jedi '08
by thepdxbikerboy on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 10:52:18 AM PDT
I resent the implication that I've given up my stranglehold on ignorance!!!!
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It is amazing how much can be accomplished when you don't care who gets the credit - Harry Truman PoliticalCompass Scale: -2.13, -2.97
by floundericiousMI on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 10:49:51 PM PDT
made into entities with the same rights as individuals, it guarantees the Disinformation Age will become a reality.
We have arrived.
Welcome to Hell.
"If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." We need to go far, quickly.
by shpilk on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 09:14:55 AM PDT
Well said, ActivistGuy!
Feed the babies who don't have enough to eat / Shoe the children with no shoes on their feet / House the people living in the street / Oh, there's a solution
by dconrad on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 03:29:51 PM PDT
wide narrow
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