WikiLeaks, the Internet and Democracy

Panel moderated by Paul Jay including Daniel Ellsberg, Clay Shirky, Neville Roy Singham, Peter Thiel and Jonathan Zittrain

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• wikileaks
• therealnews
• Daniel Ellsberg
• churchill club
• Clay Shirky
• real news
• politics
• media
• Jonathan Zittrain
• Peter Thiel
• Roy Singham
• thoughtworks

[czubspenx]

Now that the media is totally controlled by corporate America, it is imperative that people come forward and blow the whistle. Too much power corrupts.

[saadasim]

AIPAC & Lieberman does care more for Israel than the US. That is not anti-semitism but just the truth as I see it.

[21clubsoda]

Does wikileaks ever release secret info from communist and socialis countries? Am I

the only person that makes suspicious.

[Schwayi7]

With the 2012 election coming up, GovTogether is allowing us to have a say through Congress. The power is ours if we take control. Get your votes in and we can truly make a difference!

[Andy180084]

the government is only corrupt when corporations invade it. If lobby groups were brought to an end and all elections were based off of government funds, all would be well. Too bad that at the moment all politicians care about is their next big payday from their lobby masters.

[ShikakuTheAlmighty]

Truth hurts, indeed!

Cititzens have the right to know what the people do on which they vote... otherwise protests like in Egypt and Tunesia will happen in many more countries. I fear for similar protests in the US. In the US are already heavily armed units 'protecting' on many places. If the such revolts in the US gets shot down, then many will die. "Citizens, what are they for?"

[Econniff]

@Akatam0t0ma @DuffmanIRL Are you guys really arguing over whether corporations or governments are more evil? Can't we just agree that they BOTH suck??

[soulwam]

 Wow ! that's some Freudian slip at 2' 30" in.those special benefits are intrigueing.

[Akatam0t0ma]

@DuffmanIRL:

Yeah, and your point is? It's not like any of those things could not have been invented without the coercive apparatus of the state, which murdered more people and destroyed more capital last century than any private company. States do not have any magic wand to invent things. All it has is the ability to force people at the point of a gun to do and/or pay for things which they otherwise wouldn't. And that's all there is to it.

[DuffmanIRL]

@Akatam0t0ma All funding for high technology initially came from the state. Massive investment by the state in research and development brought technologies to the point where they were commercially viable products and then they were handed over to the private sector. The defence budget today doesn't come from capitalists, it comes from the taxpayer. Bro.

[marineau1960]

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