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"The multitude requires no laws to coerce those who think not like itself: public disapprobation is enough; a sense of their loneliness and impotence overtakes them and drives them to despair
 * Tyranny of the Majority:**

When an opinion has taken root amongst a democratic people, and established itself in the minds of the bulk of the community, it afterwards subsists by itself and is maintained without effort, because no one attacks it."

-Alexis deTocqueville

who disappeared into the volcanoes of Mexico leaving behind nothing but the shadow of dungarees and the lava and ash of poetry scattered in fireplace Chicago who jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge this actually happened and walked away unknown and forgotten into the ghostly daze of Chinatown soup alleyways and firetrucks, not even one free beer-Allen Ginsberg //Howl//

"The Internet has been an extraordinary productivity enhancer and an enormously powerful tool to stay in touch...but if you look at every major social innovation, there are both positive consequences intended and negative consequences unintended."-Norman H. Nie

"Internet: absolute communication, absolute isolation"-Paul Carvel

America! You have pulled off quite an amazing magic trick! Through your consistent spread of technology Through your propagation of social networking sites and email usage You have managed to successfully connect us And Isolate us All at once!

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