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Control under the guise of democracy?

18:53 RoyalWe: Does Morozov have a subtext here that because the internet is not a democratic panacea, that there is a democratic argument to constrain it? I haven't heard that, i'm just wondering. Anyone here read the book? I'm wondering what the endgame is.

18:56 RoyalWe : i'm indifferent on that argument, but I hope to all get out that he's not arguing for control under the guise of democracy. Becausethat doesn't work well in a Belarusian accent.
18:57 James18 : RoyalWe :-D
18:57 Jigsawnovich : ;)
18:58 Sieddi : basically evgeny says the internet is not a one-size-fits-all tool for building democratic societies, right?
18:58 alexkrst : @RoyalWe I think if you read his blog, op eds, and even other speeches at OSF, he's not. He's trying to debunk the perception that internet is
18:58 alexkrst : always good
18:58 RoyalWe : right, and again, i agree
18:58 RoyalWe : however, to me that is so obvious, that it makes me look for subtext
18:58 alexkrst : :)
18:59 Jigsawnovich : @rw looool
18:59 James18 : But where's HIS "darkside"
18:59 Jigsawnovich : exactly james
18:59 RoyalWe : if someone comes up and says, "it's a NICE day isn't it," and puts a weird inflection in "nice" I'm not going to think he's really talking about the weather.
19:00 Jigsawnovich : royal we add me on facebook
19:00 Jigsawnovich : and james18
19:00 James18 : Jigsawnovich u might be a spy ;-)
19:01 Sieddi : so you think the internet is free?http://yuxiyou.net/open/
19:02 Jigsawnovich : awesome link sieddi
19:02 Sieddi : :-)
19:05 Aja Beech : @RoyalWe please keep it respectful, your accent jokes are getting offensive.
19:06 Aja Beech : @RoyalWe maybe stop writing and start listening/reading
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