Re:We lost the war. Welcome to the world of tomorrow (2006)
by amirmc on Thursday May 22, 2014 @04:21AM
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> "...thereby automagically reducing lobbyism."
Only the visible stuff. Any sufficiently well-resourced organisation can simply adjust its tactics to suit this environment (a Global Active Adversary?). For example, just buy up enough media outlets and adjust the reporting to support your worldview. This probably happens to some extent now but it's probably easier to just keep a lobbyist on hand.
Re:We lost the war. Welcome to the world of tomorrow (2006)
by Fuxy on Thursday May 22, 2014 @04:47AM
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Buying up media outlets is already centralization of power if you truly build a system to distribute power you will limit the number of media companies one entity can own.
Only the visible stuff. Any sufficiently well-resourced organisation can simply adjust its tactics to suit this environment (a Global Active Adversary?). For example, just buy up enough media outlets and adjust the reporting to support your worldview. This probably happens to some extent now but it's probably easier to just keep a lobbyist on hand.