"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." ― Søren Kierkegaard
The internet age has changed politics for ever. The politicians will be ruled by obtaining the popularity of the lowest common denominator. Each man now has a voice. He demands not the freedom to speak but the right to be heard. It is a quantum leap into the further self-orientation of the planet. The internet has deepened individuality and promoted the cult of self. Each is free to parade his own life - the trumped up version thereof - before an imaginary audience he desires; only to find the others are too self-obsessed with their own latest portrayal to provide the affirmation that is craved. Galileo fought for the heliocentric solar system. Our day will be to fight against the self-centric universe.
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