Blogging and the death of decent politics.

or; little brother, coming back for your souls.

Published on September 26, 2007 By SanChonino In Politics

People always worry about Big Brother. They have that image fixed in their minds - the thick, dark mustache, the heavy brow, and the growling visage, overlooking everything. But I'm more and more convinced that a "Big Brother"-style government is a concept that will never have credence in the US, simply because we've been weaned on the idea that a government like that is bad. (Never mind the long conversation we could have about how Huxley's dystopic vision is the frightening future of the US, and we're content to do nothing to stop it.)

But I've come to believe that it's not Big Brother who's the new oppressor - it's Little Brother. It's the viral media, it's the bloggers, it's the world of 24-hour news exposure. It's the fact that no one can say anything in confidence; the fact that there are no closed doors; the sad fact that there is no way to keep skeletons in the closet. And it's not the MSM's fault (even though so many of the blogosphere [I can't believe I just said that word] are content to blame the majority of our current difficulties on them). It's YOUR fault, people.

You wanted this. You demanded that the news come to you in pretty little packages on your damned RSS feeds. You declared your independence from the MSM, while simply becoming a (pointless) part of it yourselves. You uploaded every stupid thing you've ever seen on YouTube so that the world can see it, and ruined your neighbor's reputation in the process.

Rather than helping rein in the terror that is the modern media, you made yourselves willing participants. And then you sit back, typing from your gilded keyboards, declaring your moral superiority from the medias sources that surround you. You somehow think you're different. You somehow think you're special.

You're not.

You're f*ckin' Stone Phillips with an uglier haircut. You're Anne Curry, but not as (surprisingly) hot.

You are part of the machine. Enjoy the grave you've dug yourself, blogosphere (ugh). You are Little Brother - the new bastion of control of society.

You are Barbara Walters.

Aren't you proud?

PS I hate you.

Comments (Page 2)

Daiwa

on Sep 30, 2007

The convenience of blogging is what really makes it crap. Any idiot can do it. You can blog annonymously. You can be a horrible writer and still blog. You don't even have to be dressed when you blog. You can do it from the comfort of your own home.

That's also it's strength and beauty. It makes the ideas, not the people, the thing.

Whether you are willing to admit it or not, yours is a very pouty, elitist, undemocratic, paternalistic point of view - suggesting that the ideas and opinions of ordinary citizens are below your contempt while alleging they are gaining the upper hand. I respect people more than that and welcome the chaos of ideas that what you call the blogosphere has fostered.

Jythier

on Oct 01, 2007

"That's also it's strength and beauty. It makes the ideas, not the people, the thing."

Agreed.

Too bad so many ideas are crap.

Daiwa

on Oct 01, 2007

Too bad so many ideas are crap.

That's where your brain comes in. Engaging it is a good thing.

BlueDev

on Oct 01, 2007

I guess I just don't see bloggers as really being powerful at all. Sure, there are those select few who may be noticed, but when I hear the MSM talking about the "blogosphere" (I had to throw that one in there for you) I just sort of shake my head and laugh. They are just trying to jump on the bandwagon of popularity.

But as far as importance? I guess I'm not seeing it. I suppose it could be some powerful grass-roots sort of thing if there was enough of a concerted effort, but all I ever see (with some very rare exceptions) is the same old tripe spewed about the same old ideas from the same old political parties we have had for years now.

I don't see any new message, just more folks defecating the same shite. And shite is shite. It may just take a bit closer of a look for us to realize it. Blogging ain't special, it ain't really all that powerful.

Daiwa

on Oct 01, 2007

The media would like us to believe they are the only flag-bearer for truth & justice, hence the demonization of the "blogosphere."

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