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The slow but sure change wrought by the internet: history is no longer being written by the victors, but by the people most able to organize
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This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it means that we have to be even more careful than before about what the truth is.
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Also, if there was any doubt, in retrospect it means that 'community organizer' is really the most qualifying position for President.
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I think we may be nearing a point where command over communities is nearly as effective a tool for writing history as command of arms.
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In the future, we may see this period not as liberalism vs conservatism, but force of communal thought vs force of arms as a decision maker.
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This is why Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Bear Arms and militarized government vs communities, have become our prime topics.
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People fear community rule over the potential force of the individual. And they fear how communities that rise to rule discourse are defined
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In a very real way, we're fighting a war over the comment section because we think that whoever wins writes the past and the future.
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And that has little to do with political allegiance, which is why stuff can get real mixed up when we talk about how bad communities 'align'
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"Who gets to rule our discourse?" is a defining question more effective than what party you subscribe to. "Why?" is the one we need to ask.
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The reason?: For the first time in history, the answer to 'who rules our discourse' could be anyone. Doesn't make it democratic, just is.
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