Democracy and Internet

Internet has completely changed the way we live, think and act. It is still shaping up our lives and will continue to do so in future. Change is also the essence of democracy and knowing that the future will not be the same as what it is today gives us hope. We all live for this spark that our tomorrow will definitely be better than today. To be frank my experience tells me and guides me that this has been the trend and north is the direction it will move, in fact the rate of change from a nice life to an excellent life has been exponential in recent times. Something like a reverse ‘L’ or an inverted ‘7’ on the graph.

Surprises are surprises aren't they, the inherent definition of the term surprise says, “an event on your face which is too close to escape the consequence”, it could be a pleasant one or it could be a Dracula. All through our evolution we have tried to avoid the draconian surprises and we have done so by being alert, not by being happy and content. As it is said “A frog in the warm waters with a gradually northward moving temperature would stay there till its death”, we are not so different either, only difference is we rely much more on our deceptive intelligence/ignorance. As long as our mind feels safe we will not move away from the charging train.

We all know and believe democracy is the way ahead for all of us to get equal rights and equal opportunities. Now it’s true that democracy gives everybody all that, and it has lived up to its reputation. But when we talk about a tiger in a thick dark jungle, you would have already imagined and felt the tiger right next to you with its claws on your back due to the reputation it has. The perception of a democracy is also so strong that it’s easy for the people to see and imagine the BIG positives and not the small “conditions applied” tag line which also has a part in defining the dance of democracy. We also have another dance party happening all around the world on the stage called internet and many are applying too many of their own conditions on the definition “Internet democracy”. We need to be mindful about the strong beliefs we have about our outlook towards our environment as they are cleverly been used to guide a bullet towards us from our own gun.

We have very powerful tools like Democracy and Internet, which has helped lot of us to live our dreams. But if we do not have a check on it we would only own the powerful tools like Democracy and Internet but the direction of the bullet fired will always be in unknown territories.