Today's random debate question: If open communication is the essential ingredient to just societies, why have things like wealth disparity, government spying and terrorism only accelerated since the advent of the Internet?
Because open communication is only a prerequisite to justice and it can't effect justice all by itself?
- Victor Ganata
Fair enough. But does that mean that all of the bad things that have been happening would have happened faster without the Internet?
- Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)
Maybe? Or they would've happened slower, to different people, or hardly anyone would have known about them until well after the fact.
- Jennifer Dittrich
The Internet makes quick, efficient communication easier. You can use it for what you want.
- Eric - Final Countdown
I agree that wealth disparity has gotten worse. It's not clear to me spying is worse or that terrorism is worse.
- Stephen Mack