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A few years ago, I argued that there were three powerful forces in modern society--civic democracy, corporations, and religion--and which ever of these learned how to harness the collective action power of the internet would, in effect, win--would define the basic framework for society for generations to come. Its an oversimplified argument, but has a serious refrain; one of the pieces of hope, for those of us rooting for civic democracy, has been how slow ... Full Story »

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by Chris Finnie - Oct. 1, 2008

Like all tools, the Internet can be used in many ways. Here Teachout shows that corporations are learning from social networking and politics to use it for their own goals. An interesting perspective.

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