Larry meet Mikey; Mikey meet Larry
Yesterday afternoon, I listened to Michael Weiner's arch-right-wing AM talk radio program that he calls "The Savage Nation". This afternoon, I listened to a talk given by (presumably) arch-left-wing Lawrence Lessig at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco. Consistent with my prediction about the far left finding common ground with the far right in Mr. Bush's America, the words of these two seemingly contrary commentators struck a common chord. Mr. Weiner railed against the "oligarchy" of big business and big government that controls both Red and Blue and that works against the interests of us the people. Similarly, Mr. Lessig spoke passionately about a coming "war" (his term) pitting us individuals and small businesses against the "legacy" big businesses -- in particular, big businesses in the content (led by Disney), telecom (led by Verizon), and software (owned exclusively by Microsoft) industries.
[posted: 04/06/05]
