Let's build an Internet. People can connect. They can share their feelings. It'll make the world better place.
Had no one seen what mobs of angry people do?
This is getting worse, not better. We will see this kind of anger junkie mob mentality explode into real violence. And then the violence will escalate.
Good news. We are seeing the end of the nation state. Just like they said. It is being replaced with niche mobs of worldwide scope.
The internet has always put me in mind of Dostoievskys under-appreciated story Bobok.
"It may be so, but think of putting it so bluntly into print. In print everything ought to be decorous; there ought to be ideals, while instead of that...
Say it indirectly, at least; that's what you have style for. But no, he doesn't care to do it indirectly. Nowadays humour and a fine style have disappeared, and abuse is accepted as wit. I do not resent it: but God knows I am not enough of a literary man to go out of my mind..."
btw I guess it was a throwaway comment, but.."We are seeing the end of the nation state" Where do you see that? (I see multi-level governance.)
The state, by definition, is the group that has the monopoly on the use of force. If I see a crime taking place, after deciding whether it is appropriate or not for me to intervene, my next step is to contact the state. I trust the state to take corrective measures: arresting the person, perhaps imprisoning them, perhaps killing them. I also trust them to use force (sometimes lethal force) in maintaining social order.
But on the net, I am only limited by my degree of outrage. Somebody does something stupid -- then each additional commenter takes it on themselves to "up the ante" and make the stupid person pay.
Right now we're just ruining people's lives (!). But as we start seeing these lynch mobs physically start acting out, then the state will no longer have the monopoly on force. Whether or not that's an existential question depends on your comfort level with chaos, I imagine. Whatever your personal view, the state as we know it in many cases will no longer exist.
Had no one seen what mobs of angry people do?
This is getting worse, not better. We will see this kind of anger junkie mob mentality explode into real violence. And then the violence will escalate.
Good news. We are seeing the end of the nation state. Just like they said. It is being replaced with niche mobs of worldwide scope.