Re: International or Internet

[rolf.martens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Rolf Martens)]

Malecki,

Despite the fact that I still consider you a reactionary,
I'd like to underline a couple of things you wrote on 01.07
and which in my opinion are correct:

>In fact the battle of ideas through the Internet gives us the possibility of
>reaching a lot of people that we have never been able to talk too. And it
>should naturally be used..

Yes.

>One of the pillars of capitalist society is the control of information.
>Internet has undermined that control. Thus the whining and laws attempting
>to gag free speech..

Yes.

>And for the left which has lived a groupie existence with more social
>control rather then ideological control, a good example is the fragmentation
>of the left as it comes on to Internet. Forced perhaps for the first time to
>interact with other left tendencies threw a battle of ideas is certainly
>causing problems for the left. Especially those who do not have a
>Bolshevik-Leninists ideology.
>
>Its great that this interaction is taking place and there is a lot of
>turmoil. Because in a sense the Internet is a good forum for just thrashing
>and clashing of ideas. No more murky cellar locals and one sided propaganda
>from the top down. But a real struggle of ideas.

Yes.

>It will not surprise me a bit that this struggle will force those who have
>most to lose ideologically start forbidding there members to be on the list...

Certainly correct.

>However that is political suicide. The struggle of ideas will win on the
>Internet over the groupie existence of the post war left..
>
>Naturally becoming dependent on this new technology would also be suicidal.
>Because ultimitely it is controlled by the class enemy. Thus the neccesity
>of having alternatives to it...

This standpoint IMO shows you up as someone not quite on such a
low level as your otherwise great pal ChrisB.

Rolf M.



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