04-26-2010, 08:12 PM
Shutting down the internet is a loose-loose situation for everyone. You talk about "the elite" but they still need money. The internet is a huge source of revenue (it's a whole new playground in that sense). Shut it down, you loose popularity and customers.
And back on topic, most states are not totalitarian. In the present day we should consider ourselves lucky. I'd say the large majority of us lives in a safe country where they can have their opinion without any violence.
Where I come from, 3 and a bit decades ago speaking your own mind would end up with you killed/arrested/deported. We complain, but things are a lot better round the world than they were. Just keep that in mind when you say there is no freedom.
And back on topic, most states are not totalitarian. In the present day we should consider ourselves lucky. I'd say the large majority of us lives in a safe country where they can have their opinion without any violence.
Where I come from, 3 and a bit decades ago speaking your own mind would end up with you killed/arrested/deported. We complain, but things are a lot better round the world than they were. Just keep that in mind when you say there is no freedom.