Few seem to realize how the Internet is the biggest tool of Socialism.    By definition, the cumulative wisdom and collaboration of the masses is socialism.   It has leveled the playing field in so many areas.  No longer can large corporate interests monopolize media.  My little blog can stand alongside Fox News and the NY Times.  The Internet can compete with whitehouse.gov and create whitehouse2.org.  The internet is changing the world in ways that no single election or single person can.

It is great amusement to see Rubert Murdoch, among others, struggling to monetize the Internet for their own greedy, self-interest.   I jump with glee when moveon.org raises $125,000 over the insane antics of Sarah Palin.  I love the health care alerts where people are encouraged to send their elected representatives emails and faxes — give their $5 and $10 to help support the cause — and call their elected representatives.  I put the White House switchboard on my cell’s MyFavs and I call them when I have a few minutes. I love talking to the people who answer the phones — I express my opinion and they ask me follow-up questions — it is impressive how informed they are.

Influence is nothing new for the rich and powerful.  Long before the Internet, these people had their full time paid lobbyists calling on elected representatives with their campaign contributions and fundraisers.  Now, at least, the electorate can be notified and vote the bastards out.  It will take a while but now we have President Obama, far from perfect, instead of Georgie W — supreme idiot and tool of the right.  Cheney is gone, along with his assassination squads.  In time, America will elect people far more liberal than Obama.  Think, Dennis Kucinich — who is offering a single payer health care amendment today.  I know this — because of the Internet.   There is a shaky 60 votes in the Senate now for the left but as many as 10 of these are not really liberal — this is going to improve in the years to come.  It might be dumping more of the red meat Republicans or dumping the conservatives when register as Democrats.  It will improve eventually because of the Internet.

I love getting the emails from the ACLU and Green Peace.   The are mobilizing.  They don’t have to pay for stamps to send me paper in the mail.  They can reach me easily, cheaply, and from time to time get a donation from me.  I give much more to groups that are doing the right thing than ever before.  Many people do the same. This is going to change America eventually.

I enjoyed reading the item in the Murdoch’s NY Post today that rich people in NY might end up paying 54% of their income in taxes — too bad it isn’t 90%.  Of course, 54% is not true (Murdoch’s media are expert liars), because rich people have access to tax havens, tax lawyers, and tax deductions that will prevent this.  Yet, I do agree that the populists are going after the income of the rich.  The more they do, the less rich people will have to influence others.  Ditto for corporations.  I enjoyed seeing that CIT’s stock dropped 99% yesterday after they proclaimed there would be no bailout.  Great.  It’s about time.

There is still lots of work to do.  For one thing, America needs to convince poor people that voting Republican doesn’t make any sense, no matter what their views on abortion are.  Abortion has been one of the tools Republicans have manipulated the disenfranchised — along with school prayer, evolution, stem cell, anti-science, blah, blah, blah.  Republicans will continue to use such tools.  Climate change is not real — say the Republicans — no matter how many scientists disagree.  In fact, only 6% of scientists are Republicans — because you need education to be a scientist and education is the greatest enemy of Republicans — along with the Internet.

Meanwhile, Republicans are still out with the racist attacks against Judge Sotomayor — soon to be Supreme Court Justice.  The Repubilcans are definitely appealing to their base — you know — the 25% of the country who would vote for Sarah Palin as President.  Can you imagine?  Sarah Palin as President?

America is doomed.