The Viral Future

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The Viral Future

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1brightcopy
Jun 22, 2012, 11:52 am

Okay, so this is actually the "present" and not the "future". But is this what kind of trickery is going to have to happen to keep libraries from shutting down?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw3zNNO5gX0

2_Zoe_
Jun 22, 2012, 12:20 pm

Brilliant. And probably.

3brightcopy
Jun 22, 2012, 1:01 pm

It makes me both happy and sad. I'm happy with how it turned out. But I'm sad that they basically had to trick a vast number of people who, let's face it, were easily manipulated. They swallowed the "book burning party" story hook, line and sinker. The good guys won, but only by having the more effective strategy to manipulate the uninformed, critically-thinking impaired voters by better playing on their emotions.

So, "yay" for the win. But *sigh* for democracy.

4jjwilson61
Jun 22, 2012, 2:55 pm

You may want to check out this thread, http://www.librarything.com/topic/138605, but be forewarned that it's in Pro & Con.

5lkernagh
Jun 22, 2012, 8:54 pm

Thanks for posting the link. Love it! I don't know enough about US local politics or the Tea Party but it appears to me as though the Tea Party manipulated attention at the beginning by making the focus just on taxes - an emotional tug for sure as no one will agree to paying more taxes without understanding the why. It is unclear as to whether or not the Tea Party explained their No position beyond the fact that they are against taxation. The library resorted to the only tactic that would work in such a short time span.... one month is not a lot of time to turn the tide and embark on a winning campaign without an arsenal of some kind.