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LiveJournal: Dictatorship of the Minorities

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 31, 2005

“Minorities can certainly always wreak havoc on the freedom of
others. There have been plenty of examples throughout history where
small group dictate the masses. This almost always happens with
violence (dictatorships with the help of 1984-style mind control
hasn’t become known as of today).

“Now you’d think that dictatorship of minorities couldn’t happen
in a realm where there is no violence and generally democratic or
republic control. I’m of course about groups connected through the
Internet. More specifically: collaborative development…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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