[montyspython]

Joking aside, this is scary. Stalin was just as paranoid and imagine what Stalin would have done had Twitter been available to him.

[cuban leaf]

—Stalin was just as paranoid and imagine what Stalin would have done had Twitter been available to him.—

Not much. The internet is a serious problem for liars and would be despots. The truth percolates to the surface easily and it is very costly to attempt to keep it from the surface.

Ask Dan Rather.

[5thGenTexan]

I am not sure Stalin or Hilter could have controlled their countries the way they did in this age of communication. Look at how China and Islamic countries struggle with controlling messages now.

Technology may have undermined future tyrants.

[qman]

Fortunatly it is around, and people have never been free-er to express themselves and make sport of and deride idiocy like the Obama’s.
The young are very aware of what’s going on and even though they thought they were making history electing this communist, I think they may have learned there lesson, Just like my generation learnd it’s lesson after electing Jimmy Carter, let’s hope!

[Gene Eric]

>> Joking aside, this is scary.

No need to fear those that pillage.