Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!pasteur!agate!saturn!ssyx!vespa From: vespa@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Adam Alexander Margulies) Newsgroups: comp.society.futures Subject: Re: Who Controls The Network Message-ID: <5617@saturn.ucsc.edu> Date: 2 Dec 88 02:26:30 GMT References: <2062@brahma.cs.hw.ac.uk> Sender: usenet@saturn.ucsc.edu Reply-To: vespa@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Adam Alexander Margulies) Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 30 In article <2062@brahma.cs.hw.ac.uk> nick@cs.hw.ac.uk (Nick Taylor) writes: >I am very puzzled by the attitude of some posters on the subject of who >controls the network. Surely Uncle Sam is held more accountable (to the >American public) than any other US institution? After all the government >has to go to the polls on a regular basis and renew its mandate from the >people. Whilst I share some of the doubts expressed about giving power >to the likes of Ed Meese and Dan Quayle, I RESPECT THE FACT THAT THEY WERE >DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED TO REPRESENT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. You get what you > . . . [my emphasis] I do not believe that what we saw this election ( or any other American election) was a democratic process at work. There are two parties in this country, Brand X and Brand Y. They both are selling slightly different social policies but the end result is the same. The wealthy have their interests represented, other Americans do not. The military-industrial complex gets its pound of flesh. In Indiana both Dukakis and Bush failed to register in time for the election, yet they were on the ballot. In Missouri the libertarian candidate, Ron Paul, registered late and received no such leniency. I said, type it NOW, Adam! || ||Adam Margulies | \ ||_ /| ||ARPA: vespa@ssyx.ucsc.edu | ||\`o_O' || | || ( ) ||UUCP: ...!ucbvax!ucscc!ssyx!vespa | ----------------------------||--mU-m-||WEIRD:vespa%ssyx.ucsc.edu@RELAY.CS.NET | |DISCLAIMER: ||ATT: (408)429-8868 | | These are NOT my opinions. They are my dog's. |