The State Versus the Internet
Paul Rosenberg at LewRockwell.com - the internet has been very successful at countering the lies on which the state depends for its survival. So the state is now working hard to take control. And they may well succeed, unless we manage to build a free internet that works without need for the mainstream infrastructure, or we do more than write strong letters to fight their plans.
THE INTERNET KILL SWITCH
This is a recent development that will almost certainly become law. The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act gives Obama, all who succeed him, and before long almost every other ruler on the planet, an Internet "kill switch." And, yes, this can be done.
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The bill was unanimously approved in a Senate committee in June. The likely future is for Congress to wait until something "cyber" goes wrong, then to pass it while the fear and pressure are high.
In response, civil libertarians are certain to write strong letters.
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At the end of the line, we end up with a Welfare State being replaced by a Security-Industrial Complex. It looks to feature some minimal layer of welfare, lots of entertainment, and lots of fear and enforcers. In other words, a lot like life in the late Roman Empire, but wired.
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