Saturday, September 8, 2012

The Internet and the Fight For Democracy and Against Censorship Worldwide


After seeing how the web (a British invention pioneered in North America), I've realize how crucial the web has been to the process and development of the evolution of Free Speech in America. In nearly every country BUT America, the social and political hierarchy reigns and persists to this day. Political figures, and people in "Supreme Authority" Kings and Prime Ministers, are freely allowed to speak out ("Within Reason" and as long as its not politically contrary), but the voice of the common people is forced into submissive silence, often by violence and brutal deadly torture and force, as has been seen in the Arab Spring as it was happening. A celebrity like myself, wouldn't even manage to survive or exist in the Middle East and other places especially. America is the one of few countries, if not the only country, where a chaste system doesn't exist, freedom of speech is test every or almost every day, and censorship AND dictatorship is constantly attacked, questioned, exposed, and scrutinized.

The internet brings democracy to places and fields of study and authority that severely need it, and it allows us to challenge those we perceive as having too much power and authority. No matter WHO they may be or how powerful and deadly they are, in almost ANY country.

It also allows us to fight censorship and state censorship when the occasion calls for it. 

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