Net Neutrality and the Ides of March
What better day to discuss Net Neutrality than the Ides of March?
The Romans referred to the 15th of every month as “the ides” but Shakespeare made the Ides of March forever associated with ominous doom in his play Julius Caesar:
Caesar: Who is it in the press that calls on me?
I hear a tongue, shriller than all the music,
Cry “Caesar”. Speak, Caesar is turned to hear.Soothsayer: Beware the ides of March.
We know what happened to Caesar that day, and it WAS a conspiracy, so don’t say they don’t exist.
So, what’s ominous doom got to do with net neutrality?
Net Neutrality
During the American Revolution, the people were in control of their own communication via the printing press, but corporate-owned newspapers eventually buried their voices with the main stream media leading to the propaganda spit out by folks like William Hearst that incited the Spanish-American War.
Then, people got a voice back with local DJs and local radio…until conglomerates like Clear Channel came to town and bought as many as 247 of the nation’s 250 biggest radio stations.
And then the Internet, and podcasting, and youtube came along. It’s free. People have a voice again. Could we really be in danger of losing our voice again?
Ask the people today who own printing presses and radio stations if we could lose it.
And watch the following video, which is perhaps one of the best videos ever explaining net neutrality.
Click on the embedded video below, or go to this link: Humanity Lobotomy.
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