Congress Crams Language To Criminalize Sharing Memes In 5,500 Page “COVID Relief” Bill
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Clay Shirky predicted this in 1999.
The Spanish Inquisition became notorious when the medieval age was essentially over and the power of the printing press had become too strong to ignore. Every new mass communication technology had its Spanish Inquisition. It's like a rite of passage for new mass communication technology. Movies, too, had to take a lot of crap, although not in the US, afaik.
Marshal McLuhan in the 60s, "Understanding Media", said that society would collapse if the Everyman had access to mass media. MGTOW anyone?