tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823733122082490780.post753822119204654161..comments2023-09-26T03:58:01.918-07:00Comments on Iconoclast: Altering your reality: Are you too stupid to vote?Iconoclasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07096216944704600721noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823733122082490780.post-87996937505956337352008-10-13T22:03:00.000-07:002008-10-13T22:03:00.000-07:00Ok, I feel a need to clarify. Yes, I do agree with...Ok, I feel a need to clarify. Yes, I do agree with many things on your post, especially criminal voting.<BR/><BR/>But...<BR/><BR/>The government has no control of the Media. This is an unfortunate fact because it means that we are, as Mark Twain would put it, misinformed.<BR/><BR/>The problem is a relatively recent one, since now all of the media outlets are controlled by large corporations. If you want some conspiracy theories that result from this, check out Noam Chomsky's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_Model Manufacturing of Consent.<BR/><BR/><BR/>But I haven't addressed the issue. The issue isn't with government control, it's about the definition of control.<BR/><BR/>The correct question to ask is this: What is the difference between a government, and a sufficiently large corporation? Yes, corporations do not exercise the same domains as do governments, because they have the governments to deal with many of the political issues.<BR/><BR/>The difference between small corporations competing for journalism, and a group of large corporations sharing journalism equally is that the only journalism that gets to us is what will sell, and, that, coincidentally, happens to be the same journalism that appears everywhere across the nation. <BR/><BR/><BR/>If, instead, we have small journalistic companies competing for buyers, then, eventually, because of the Microsoft/New York Times/Apple Ipods & Iphones/Tissue paper effect, only the most commonly known journalism companies will become nationally regarded, out-competing all of the smaller journalistic companies.<BR/>This is made possible because of the low price of information dissemination (which is basically nothing, now that the internet is here).<BR/><BR/>And, because of the internet, we now have a couple hundred bloggers that are nationally famous, often read, and frequently quoted. Their opinions we hear most often, and the lesser known bloggers are rarely referred to, read, and considered. Yes, the system does keep a considerable amount of flow, new bloggers replace outdated views, but, for the most part, you rarely hear the voices of the least popular.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Because we have no system for ensuring that information is equally disseminated, we now have a system where selected information is cheaply disseminated, and that is what sells.<BR/><BR/><BR/>But the government has no place in the media.Sirius A Strebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01735915370193370231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823733122082490780.post-75143896329614417142008-10-13T21:46:00.000-07:002008-10-13T21:46:00.000-07:00Yes, you shouldn't have to register. But then prev...Yes, you shouldn't have to register. But then preventing voter fraud will become difficult.<BR/><BR/>If uneducated voters are not allowed to vote, yet it will lead to better leadership, what is the issue? Preserving a government because we like the name.<BR/><BR/>The first amendment specifically says that government has no control over private media. To force equal air time would be government control, and will give enormous power to the party in power.<BR/><BR/><BR/>This post says a lot about what should be done, but it's not more informative than somebody saying African Americans should reject racial stereotypes if they don't want to be stereotyped.Sirius A Strebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01735915370193370231noreply@blogger.com