Noam Chomsky: USA has extreme contempt for democracy
“As long as the dictators back us, it doesn’t matter what the population thinks. If there’s a campaign of hatred against us among the populations and the dictators are in control, everything’s fine. Euphoric headlines.”
(source: Raw Replay)
#killswitch: A documentary about the free Internet
Why is this important?
“Imagine if your favorite website was blocked or slowed down because it competed with the corporation that “owned” the Internet bandwidth. How would you react if your posts on Facebook were censored by the government? What would happen if independent blogs and news media became priced out of the Internet because they couldn’t afford the rates charged for a new Internet fast lane? What kind of power should lie within the governments? Should they have the ability to have a virtual Kill Switch?”
“We find these threats to the free and open Internet to be the single greatest danger to democracy today. #killswitch the film will inform and inspire action in a population largely unaware of these important issues.”
(source: KickStart)
