Jan 8, 2023
Authored by Thaddeus McCotter via AmGreatness.com, The gleaming promise of new technology and its uses blinded us to the insidious extent imperiled elitists would go to protect their unmerited power, wealth, and status. We were naïve. Yet, even if one could have foreseen the metastasizing tyranny brought about by the digital age, it would have strained credulity to watch Americans-especially the young-not merely acquiescing to it, but embracing it. Though we are now inured to its novelty, it bears recollecting that from the late 20th century to the present, we have lived through a worldwide communications revolution. Profoundly affecting the individual and society, the full impact of this revolution remains unclear. Humanity's ability to choose and pursue happiness has been empowered to an extent undreamt. In the palm of one's hand, or upon one's laptop or desk, and with just a stroke of a key, one can instantaneously communicate with family and friends a world away, c