<nettime> The Rise of dot-communism

["Mitchell Orlowsky" <MOrlowsk@g2x.com>]

An old Telos aand Lukacs reader (who else has read his *Ontology*) turned
software executive (ah, the family obligations), I have found a forum for
my mind. Anyway, I am jumping into the fray not knowing who is reading
this, but my intellect is crying out for criticism. 


In response to Mark Stahlman's question about the rise of cyber-socialism,
the answer really is that what we are facing is "friendly fascism." The
reason is it so friendly is that it purports to be democracy, not unlike
ancient Greece.  People are *feeling* more and more like they are able to
influence and participate but their influence and participation is like
Steve Martin celebrating his name's entrance into the phone book in the
*Jerk*. So what you have a web site. 



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