Imagine a million Internet Libertarians screaming “No! Aiiieee.”
The Internet has seeded some rough beast that will help define governence and economic institutions for the first part of the next century. UK Sociologist Richard Barbrook discusses it in his new essay.
“A spectre is haunting the Net: the spectre of communism. Reflecting the extravagance of the new media, this spectre takes two distinct forms: the theoretical appropriation of Stalinist communism and the everyday practice of cyber-communism. Whatever their professed political beliefs, all users of the Net enthusiastically participate in this left-wing revival. Whether in theory or practice, each of them desires the digital transcendence of capitalism. Yet, at the same time, even the most dedicated leftist can no longer truly believe in communism.
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