There is a bad side to the internet, which reminds me of a Reagan quote about liberals not being dumb, but just knowing so many things that aren’t true.
The memes on the internet condense complicated issues into one phrase and a cartoon...usually slanted to the left or even outright false. And sadly, a lot of people believe everything they see on the internet.
I agree there is an upside, in that the left cannot completely craft the news...but I just think the left has cynically raced to the bottom and are now pandering to the dumbest among us on the web.
That has always been the case about pandering to the dumbest.
That is no different than the times of the revolutionary war. I bet they were a lot dumber then.
What is important is that information is readily available now and there are far more people aware of what is happening. It is like living in a small town with the web.
The media has been neutralized and people can reason things out for themselves. I still think the internet is a great force for good and one of the most positive developments we have ever had.
The establishment parties and the media are so obviously in it for themselves and not for the benefit of their constituencies that it is no longer theory and opinion. It is obvious. Without the web we would not see this.
Limbaugh has said many many times that the MSM is the only business where they think the customer (reader) is always wrong. The same holds with the parties. They assume the voter is always wrong. So they want to tell us this and decide for us and of course at every step they take their cut off the top.
The hate and viciousness towards Trump has to do with the fact that if he gets near the levers of power he will prevent them from taking their cut off the top. It is all about money and goodies and has nothing to do with serving constituencies.
As I said, the big positive now is that we know it which makes us act differently. Look at Trump. He now has 5 million followers on twitter and any time he wants us to know something he sends out a message and within seconds 5 million get it. We then retweet and retweet and the message goes out to potentially 15 million. This kind of power is very very positive and cumulatively will straighten things out for the better.