A Very American Coup (Almost) | 79 comments (79 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

That is why (4.00 / 4)

the preservation of an independent Fourth Estate, in whatever form, is so important. Totalitarianism can only survive where the message and the media are controlled.

Monoculture is death.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Aug 3rd, 2007 at 07:36:14 PM EST
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The one thing that no government - totalitarian least of all - can withstand is being laughed at.

"The future is already here -- it's just not very evenly distributed" William Gibson

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Fri Aug 3rd, 2007 at 07:45:22 PM EST
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I agree - I really worry when people (or states) have no sense of humour. To my mind (and they'll surely prove me wrong) you cannot be a creatve thinker without it.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Aug 3rd, 2007 at 08:51:45 PM EST
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Now I think that there is a good diary or two waiting to be written - "George Bush - My Part in his Downfall".

Apart from the relative senses of humour as between Bush and Putin (and I think Putin is one of the finest exponents of deadpan humour around) I think that the way to destroy the current system for good and all is simply to demonstrate just how ludicrous it is.

There are comedians out there capable of it.

"The future is already here -- it's just not very evenly distributed" William Gibson

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Fri Aug 3rd, 2007 at 09:13:28 PM EST
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There are comedians out there capable of it.

Jon Stewart

Stephen Colbert

Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.

by marco on Fri Aug 3rd, 2007 at 10:00:43 PM EST
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Hmmm... (4.00 / 3)