We the people have allowed a godless big brother internet monolith to usurp our freedom

By Grace Vuoto

For centuries, in every society around the world, citizens have by and large believed that a higher power watches their every move.

"The eyes of God see all," goes the Christian saying. Yet, for a brief moment in time, from the dawn of the widespread use of the Internet in the mid-1990s to the recent shocking revelations by whistleblower Eric Snowden, many were hoodwinked into believing that individuals could roam the public realm of the Internet, and yet it was nonetheless a private act. Suddenly, there was no one watching.

Progressives had first dispensed with God, then religion, then morality, then social conventions and at last, the Internet promised freedom from all prying eyes. For the first time in human history, one could interact with the public realm and remain anonymous. This was the pinnacle of the progressive dream of individual liberty: total freedom, no one watching and no one passing judgment. Or so it seemed.

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