Let me begin by saying that as a privileged American citizen, I am satisfied but bored with the status quo. Racism has become mostly invisible, corporations are closing their grasp on our governmental bodies, and Mountain Dew comes in as many flavors as 90's coke. That is not to say that I don't thoroughly enjoy a little chaos.
What those hackers really need is a clear, evil, target to go after. They need a leader, a symbol, to get behind and an other to struggle against. I personally respect the police force in America. It is less corrupt and slightly less revolting than the majority of other countries I have visited. I have no beef with them. So, when I hear of 70 of their precious information sites being hacked I want you to understand that I really enjoy it. Chaos is necessary. It makes us stronger, more able to handle the future. Corporations and their subjugated governments need to learn how to secure their information. If it takes a few amateur cyber attacks to get the ball rolling, so be it. And if we lose our basic freedoms, more chaos will rise.
I am guessing that in the next 20 years, cyber crimes will become a primary source of crime. It will be corporations vying for information as well as the chaotic criminals and their robinhoodesque attacks on our wonderful society. Task forces and restricting laws will be put into place. It will be seen as an evil and some may even find it a just cause for rebellion.
Lets be honest, none of these attacks does anything to me, except force me to deal with the repercussions. I want the government to restrict our freedoms so that some others can fight to get it back. I want them to be eventually the fathers of antigovernment freedom fighters. I want to watch it all on CNN and Fox.
The problem with our postmodern society is that we have so much to content us that no one is willing to muck it up by fighting back. All the heroes and villains are busy watching Glee. So am I.
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