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In reply to the discussion: Make no mistake about this: we are watching a coup in real time. [View all]wnylib
(21,432 posts)So long as the Internet is useful in spreading trumpist doctrine for elections, it will remain. But as trumpists consolidate power, there will come a time when the Internet gets shut down to stop its use as a tool for organizing protests and speaking truths.
When it is permitted to operate again, it will be monitored closely for "subversive" material.
Controlling communications is essential for controlling a nation. Break up communications and divide the opposition. I expect to see restrictions on print and broadcast media and monitoring of individuals via phones and Internet.
But people can still push back. After all, there were protests and methods of communication long before there was an internet, before telephones, before electricity.