In the Virtual Revolution, there several ideas and questions discussed, but perhaps the most pertinent question posed is, is the World Wide Web the 'great leveller'? The BBC documentary series notes that the internet began as a counter to government and power and an overall affront to authority. The advent of the world wide web has paved the way for what seems like equalizing opportunities for all, from major corporations expanding their businesses online, politicians bolster their campaigns, bloggers share their opinions with people around the world, and various forms of fetishes, both legal and not, are given a private forum in which to exist. So the good, the bad, and all that is in between is given an opportunity to have a voice in the online world. But as the documentary notes, just because you connect a country doesn't mean it will become equal, and I have to agree with that. We live in a world where everything has some hierarchal system, why should, or even, how could the world wide web be excluded from this? And there are outside factors which weigh into who has access to this resource to begin with. It's much more complicated than just connecting the world to the web and letting the equalizing process begin.
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