Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 4:20 PM -0700 10/6/00, Roger Beamon wrote: >On 6 Oct 2000, Donal Philby wrote, at least in part: > ><snip> > >> ol' Bill doesn't have a social conscience. Do you want him in >> charge of the information flow? > >Was with you until this, Donal. I doubt that any of us know Bill >or enough about Bill to make that statement. If he corners the >market on information flow (for a while) ok. Nothing is forever, >though, and if we leave free enterprise alone (not our style, >however) there will spring up competition. Yes some get hurt in >the short run, but eventually... Patience and the ability to 'tough >it out' is important in free enterprise. > >> The deeper fear, of course, is that we are developing eccentially >> a corporate-run media. In some ways this is even more dangerous >> than something like TASS or other state-run media, in that the >> appearance is of a free press with a free flow of information. > >Nah! not with an informed and thinking citizenry, but admitedly, >this is a shrinking quantity. Nearly 40 years of 'dumbing down >the public' is paying off, bigtime. So, maybe your assumption >above is true, the more I think about it. > >-- >Roger, List-Owner >The LEG (Leica Enthusiasts Mailing List) >http://www.topica.com/lists/leica Capitalism often gets confused with democracy. Intrinsically, they have nothing to do with each other. A corporate oligarchy, which is what we are moving toward and what this concentration of media content is a sign of, is not interested in maintaining an informed and thinking citizenry. A corporate oligarchy also does not necessarily coexist peacefully with 'free enterprise', even though that may have given the corporations their initial chance. 'Nothing is forever', but a lot of it hung around too damn long. Today, Milosevic comes readily to mind. Count me firmly in the camp of Donal and Adrian. * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com