Blogging

Blogging, much like idealistic versions of either Communism or Capitalism, is a great idea. In a splintered world, the internet provides a medium that is truly free from constraint - a great forum for the sharing of intellectual, cultural, spiritual, and economic ideas. A place of debate where all can discuss freely, without fear of reprecussion. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken this idea and run with it, writing blogs from around the world - providing real personal news and insight, giving people the chance to truly understand other human beings, not just through a medium that pretends objectivity, but by being able to put themselves in another person's shoes, to see the world how they see it, even if just for a while.

You would think, with millions of blogs being posted everyday, that something, SOMETHING, would be worth my time to fucking read. But everything on the internet is tainted. Everything degenerates into name calling. The great discussion of ideas turns into a racist brawl, with half the people fighting just accusing everyone else of being racist.

To quote my betters:
"Holden: If the buzz is any indicator, that movie's gonna make some huge bank.
Jay: What buzz?
Holden: The Internet buzz.
Jay: What the fuck is the Internet?
Holden: The Internet is a communication tool used the world over where people can come together to bitch about movies and share pornography with one another."

Seriously. And that pretty much goes for democracy in general. I'm not saying it's not better than the alternatives, I'm just saying it pretty much sucks that people take their freedom and destroy it with their own hands. Shit, we deserve the government we have.