How Putin Controls the Internet and Popular Opinion in Russia
https://theintercept.com/2015/09/08/how-putin-controls-the-russian-internet/ The key paragraph in Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan’s new book, The Red Web, comes surprisingly late, after the authors have described the long and ambitious construction of a wide-ranging, all-penetrating Internet surveillance and censorship system in Russia. ... Just as the Soviet system discovered that it did not need to exert total pressure in order to control its population, so the Kremlin has now demonstrated that it does not need to block every byte in order to exert utter dominance over information.
On 9/9/15, grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> wrote:
https://theintercept.com/2015/09/08/how-putin-controls-the-russian-internet/ The key paragraph in Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan’s new book, The Red Web, comes surprisingly late, after the authors have described the long and ambitious construction of a wide-ranging, all-penetrating Internet surveillance and censorship system in Russia. ... Just as the Soviet system discovered that it did not need to exert total pressure in order to control its population, so the Kremlin has now demonstrated that it does not need to block every byte in order to exert utter dominance over information.
"In other words, by the 1970s the system had determined the minimum amount of pressure required to turn these people into its willing [information] executioners — and it was minimal indeed. A little bit of privilege, even a decent salary combined with the opportunity to practice one’s trade, was often enough." ... A really unique situation, nothing like "the west". Just as well we have the example of the USA in demonstrating true protection of freedom of speech, democracy and the international rule of law - almost had me worried there for a moment.
On 09/08/2015 09:25 PM, grarpamp wrote:
https://theintercept.com/2015/09/08/how-putin-controls-the-russian-internet/ The key paragraph in Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan’s new book, The Red Web, comes surprisingly late, after the authors have described the long and ambitious construction of a wide-ranging, all-penetrating Internet surveillance and censorship system in Russia. ... Just as the Soviet system discovered that it did not need to exert total pressure in order to control its population, so the Kremlin has now demonstrated that it does not need to block every byte in order to exert utter dominance over information.
Right. When the people believe in their government they exert PEER PRESSURE on their community members to conform, for better or for worse. That's one reason US society is coming apart at the seams. There is no faith in the US government by the majority of it's citizens anymore.
President Obama just like any other US politician is particularly keen on criticizing human rights situations in other countries, while glorifying the ideals of “American-style democracy.” ...
... But what do Americans themselves think about the value of this “American-style democracy?
http://journal-neo.org/2015/09/07/revolution-is-on-doorstep-is-the-us/ RR "If I had a dime for every time a right-winger told me to leave the country if I don't like it, I could leave the country." ~Timmy Smart
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