who can tell me if it's true

[melannen]

I have basically quit worrying about national politics; I lost hope in the democratic process on a national scale *years* ago, and now I mostly sit back and kibitz and wait for the revolution.

Here is a graphic example of why:

Googling "Net Neutrality" + "Interstate Commerce Act" gets me 7 unique results. 7. "Sherman Anti-Trust" does slightly better, with 19. "Clayton Anti-trust" only rates 9, even though the House actually tried to pass an amendment to it in May.

I shouldn't have to explain how wrong this is, should I?
Or perhaps there's something I'm missing that somebody else can explain to me.

A democracy requires an educated citizenry which cares enough to understand basic political history. This we manifestly haven't got.

Dr. Patrick, I weep with thee.

Comments

[zodiaccat.livejournal.com]

Actally, that might be more of a problem with Google than with the people. I remember reading an article in May (that I now wish I had bokmarked; I'll try to have a link by tomorrow) about the search engine having some problems with outdated page information recently. So recent developments might not show prominently.

But even so, 7 and 9 are pitifully low.

[katrianya.livejournal.com]

now I mostly sit back and kibitz and wait for the revolution.

I've been recently wondering about such things myself. It seems like we're starting to act like the bad guys. Invading other nations, bullying people around, torturing prisoners, ect. If anyone else in the world was acting like this, we'd be invading them, no?