Re: <nettime> Where did the Internet revolution go?

["Matthew Smith" <matt@fl.aec.at>]

>What the "new Internet economy" has brought me is speed. Instead of
>waiting six weeks for a book I have to wait three days to have it
>delivered on my door step. But is that a revolutionary step for mankind? 
>Maybe for homo shoppus, but is that really what we're all reduced to? 
>Shoppers? Consumers? 

yes. consumers. thaz what everybody is in the market economy. the US
defined this 4 everybody during the second world war - the goal is to
achieve a democracy based on happy consumers who define the furthering of
humanity thru demand and the corporations fulfilling it responsibly. 

obviously this has backfired. we now are consumers, happy or not, being
told what demands to make (by advertising). and the governments listen and
help the corporations fulfill these demands. 

hard fucking cheese, get over it or start messing with the system, but
quit whining - goes 4 everybody else on this list who feels "overwhelmed",
"disappointed" or just generally depressed & powerless because they have
come to realize that this was planned (to some extent at least, depending
on your favorite conspiracy theory). with that i want to xplicitly include
all the bs on the DNS stuff - things have progressed, 16 yr olds r being
arrested over wanting to watch dvds they pay 4 on their
non-corporate-controlled computers. or somewhere down those exaggerated
lines...-) 

matt

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