One of my regular features in this blog is an item called “America Unchained” where I feature a small, independent business in the hopes that we get back to the idea of locally-owned, family businesses that focus on customer service and pride in product.

An independent blog

Since you are here reading this blog post, do me a favor.  Scroll up and down the page.  Now, scroll from side to side. What’s missing?

Advertising! Yeah, I’m not trying to sell you a thing. If you don’t like what I’m saying you have a right to click  “comment”  and speak your peace. Or simply go on to another site.

At this time more than 60% of the content on the internet is non-commercial. Just like this blog, it is content produced by people like you and I. AND that percentage is growing. People are enjoying this non-commercial material.  Think about the hilarious videos you have seen on YouTube and other video outlets that are funnier than anything on commercial TV.  Hi-Def  or not, crap is crap!

Corporate giants would like to change things. When you are spending time on this blog, for instance, you are not spending time on their commercial sites. You are also getting a mind of your own. Because of the two-way nature of the internet as it is, you can have your say and possibly influence the opinions of others. While I see that as a good thing and in line with Thomas Jefferson’s “Marketplace of Ideas”, telecommunication giants, media companies, software companies are threatened by this lack of control and dwindling share of internet content. They want to change the rules and make the internet more one-way.

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