It's a wonderful sentiment but I don't think it's quite true. Mass media still plays a large part in most people's decisions - especially the elderly who tend

It's a wonderful sentiment but I don't think it's quite true. Mass media still plays a large part in most people's decisions - especially the elderly who tend to vote more. I stand in Lessig's camp that the profound change must come from campaign finance reform. Good luck there. The internet does play an interesting new role that no one has quite figured out but it is more of a mob mentality. Debatable whether that better than the status quo. The arab spring certainly didn't make things better for the regions it affected.