18 January 2021
Virtual Movements
The assault on the Capitol was organized and financed by an organization that existed only online. This is the same supposed movement that Donald Trump claims to lead.
In fact, the Internet has facilitated the mobilization of violent impulses in segments of the public because of the growing addiction of many disaffected people in our society to the unedited information nearly freely available through their computers, phones, tablets, etc. The growth of this trend has, of course, spread more rapidly under pandemic-induced lockdown
Although these communication channels are protected by freedom of speech rights, their adherence to truth and civil order will not be enforced without an equally committed and dedicated effort by volunteer democratic spokespersons. Otherwise, the country will descend onto either autocracy or chaos.
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