What’s Wrong with Us?

What’s wrong with us is that we have been mesmerized….hypnotized by the media.

We think that posting shit on Facebook, Twitter, Medium, et. al, is equivalent to having the freedom of communication.

We think we have freedom of speech. You can say almost anything you want, as long as you aren’t yelling “Fire” in a crowded theater where there is, in fact, no fire, or talking about how Der Fuhrer is fucking up America and the American people. (Of course, you can’t libel others with your writing or slander them with your speech, but libel and slander are in the eyes of the beholder….and the courts.)

You can, however, cry “Fire” in a crowded theater where there really is a fire in progress. You can also cry “Fire” in an empty theater, where there is no one there to hear you.

The difference between the freedom of speech and the freedom of communication is that, although you may have the freedom of speech, there is no guarantee that anyone is going to hear you….unless you also have the freedom of communications.

The freedom of communication is not guaranteed by the Constitution. It isn’t included in the Bill of Rights. Communication is a commercial enterprise, owned, operated, and controlled by private corporations.