Quote Originally Posted by pclips View Post
You know the aspect of Wikipedia which Orwell did not anticipate?

1984 was a warning against the use of technology by a central authority, right? But Wikipedia shows that if you put the ability to censor and hide and destroy truthful information into the hands of everybody, you get thousands of Little Brothers volunteering to become mini-fascists within their categories of agenda/interest.

Why does the idea that fascism lurks within each of us scare me more than the centralization of absolute power?
Don't feel too bad about it. The fact that fascism lurks within each of us (rulers included) is the reason that centralization is bad.

I don't know if that's optimistic or pessimistic.