The improvement in the technology of communication also means a change in the political system of many countries. Specifically, it becomes more difficult to run a government by dictatorship.
During my recent trips to Istanbul and Osaka, I read FA Hayek's The Road to Serfdom. One important principle that the Austrian economist put up is that maintenance of dictatorship requires restriction (alas, control) of information to the general public.
The idea is not new - the Book of Genesis told us that much. When Adam and Eva ate the apple of wisdom (information ?), they opened their eyes and had to leave Eden - a figurative if not exemplary place where everything is under government control and every decision is from the top.
PS. Do you think any dictator could be better than god and would make a better Eden ?
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