[icann-europe] Mike Roberts, authoritarian

[Michael Sondow <msondow@iciiu.org>]

Vittorio-

By his actions in the formative stages of ICANN, Mike Roberts has
proved himself to be an elitist authoritarian, which is a nice way
of saying that he is a proto-fascist, someone who thinks only his
ideas, opinions, and judgments are worthwhile, and that the rest of
the human species are inferior to him. ICANN was not formed upon
democratic principles, thanks to Mr. Roberts and his henchmen. This
most recent demonstration of his elitist authoritarian tendencies is
only to be expected. If Mr. Roberts had his way, the Internet would
be controlled entirely by him and his friends, and the world
likewise.

Fortunately, there are still a few sane people around, both in the
U.S. and on the Internet, and Mr. Roberts will probably not get his
way in the end. But he and his kind are dangerous.

M.S.

> Vittorio Bertola wrote:

> What history has told us is that the worst error you can make in this
> situation is to stop believing in your own principles,

> Mike Roberts wrote:
>
> >At the time, going on three weeks ago, I had in mind something like
> >US $100 from several thousand individuals who actually were willing
> >to put their money where their mouth was about having a functioning
> >At Large organization.
> >
> >Today, that idea is out the window, along with a lot of other
> >populist notions about any old terrorist around the globe getting to
> >vote on how to run the DNS.
> >
> >When civilization takes a step backward, as it did last week, it
> >usually means a period in which the people with the guns make the
> >decisions.  Anyone watching the American President on tv in recent
> >days knows that's where we're at.  It may be a while before the
> >luxury of debating what constitutes consensus in a terrorist-less
> >society returns.

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