I hope the hi-tech moguls wake-up and see that the old elite are not their friends. They are bitter enemies and the worst is to come if they do not act immediately and stop placating fools seeking to impose grandiose socialist agendas upon humanity. You cannot placate fanatics.
The elite are terrified that they are quickly becoming irrelevant through the technologies being created by the hi-tech sector. The old money is quickly becoming old and small relative to the great wealth being created by the hi-tech. They are losing their positions of power and and are now attacking innovation as the enemy of the people (really their power over the people). What they really mean is they are no becoming just “old” money without a privileged voice.
Journalists are seeing the institutions that empowered them decline as the internet creates true information access to the masses. Gone are the days that the news papers, radio and TV controled what we are allowed to hear. We are all now able to access the information we need without seeking out the “learned” journalists and their cabal of “experts’ bought to tell the story in a “simple” way for all of us “dumb” Americans to understand. Yes they are scared. They should be. They no longer can feed at the trough.
Google and the rest of the hi-tech sector need to wake up and see they must stand for true human liberty not just the quick buck. That means that Google, yahoo and MSN must respect human rights. Selling Chinese dissidents for a buck is simply short term whoring. Another role that Google, Yahoo, and MSN must resist is playing the PC police. This will also destroy ability to appeal to the public.
