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A vision for the future This is one of nearly a thousand foresight statements shared by people from around the world. To return to the Voices of the People home page, click here. To do a refined search of the Voices of the People statements, click here. To submit your ideas to this online archive, look to the upper right corner of this page, click on "Share Your Prediction" and fill in the pop-up form. Name: M E Schaefer From: New York Bio: Internet user, technofile Area of Expertise: Legislator/Politician/Lawyer Topic: Global Relationships/Politics Headline: Fall of Dictatorships Nutshell: As the internet becomes more and more available in third-world countries, state control over information will decrease. Vision: As information becomes more readily shared, peoples' tolerance of government controls on ideology and news will decrease. Furthermore, as people learn of the large lattitude of freedom enjoyed by the Western societies, they will become unsatisfied with their own limitations and will eventually shrug the yoke of repression. Date Submitted: 11/11/2004 |
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