we will have to look hard to see who is the current martin luther according to this opinion which makes much sense. before the advent of the world of www. i certainly would have been much more limited in my sources of information as would we all;
Last September a very informative paper was published by the neoconservative Atlantic Council.
In connection with this institution are such important public figures
as Collin Powell, Condoleezza Rice and Henry Kissinger. The paper,
written by John T. Watts, summarizes the main conclusions drawn at this
year’s Sovereign Challenges Conference in Washington, DC. The
text allows for a deep look into some of the minds of the American elite
and their allies. Its reading is therefore highly recommended. The
inclined reader, however, should sometimes overlook empty phrases and
distracting rhetoric to get to the heart of the matter.
At its core, it’s about maintaining power. According to Watts, the
big problem is “disinformation”, which is disseminated through new and
alternative media. It destabilizes public institutions and in the worst
case undermines the sovereignty of the state. This must be prevented.
Neoconservatives are fully aware that any state system ultimately
depends on the trust of its citizens. Trust is the basis for the
functioning of state institutions. New communication technologies,
however, have increasingly enabled “extremist ideological” currents to
spread their toxic messages and deprive people of confidence in existing
institutions. It is precisely this loss of trust on the part of
citizens that endangers the sovereignty of the state.1
The flood of information in the Internet age plays a decisive role
because it makes targeted “disinformation” by small but well-organized
groups possible in the first place. It leads to exaggeration, isolation
and one-sidedness within one’s own “echo chamber”. According to Watts,
the sudden availability of large amounts of information can overburden a
society. Too much useless and qualitatively inferior information can
lead to isolation and polarization. People specifically select their
sources of information and limit themselves in the process. They even
have to do so in view of the many alternatives available to them. But in
doing so, they tend to rely on those sources that confirm and reinforce
their own prejudices.........https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/12/karl-friedrich-israel/in-the-eyes-of-the-state-we-are-all-russian-bots-now/
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