Was I in for a shock!
Somehow I overlooked its potential for propaganda and totalitarianism!
Millions of Americans have been persuaded to support the most dangerously corrupt government in US history! America has never been in greater danger, even in times of war. America now teeters on the brink of coup d'état and tyranny, and millions of Americans simply acquiesce to the extremes of manipulation, treachery, corruption, criminal behavior, and confusion.
Instead of a New Age of Enlightenment, the Information Age seems to have ushered in George Orwell's nightmare!
I think that those of us who explored the seedier side of usenet early on realized that Marshall McLuhan’s “global village” would really be a “global urban area” with all the corruption and disfunction that the difference implies.
The internet enables a global reach for the crank who would otherwise be limited to spewing in a neighborhood bar. It also enables all sorts of fraud, theft, deceit, assault, etc.