After reading over Chapter 5 of The Future of the Internet and how to stop it, Jonathon Zittrain, I came across an interest point he makes when referring to bulwarks against the government. The quote that summarizes this point is when the author states that: “most laws are not self -enforcing, and a measure of the law’s value and importance may be found in just how much those affected by it (including as victims) urge law enforcement to take a stand, or invoke what private rights of action they may have.” This concept coincides with the teachings of Dr. Strangelove in my new media course, because it verifies the fact that the government would like to be able to control every action that we as a society make. In order to do this, they will create bans and laws against certain things, and see how much people react negatively towards it. But, in the end, it is not possible for the government run by democracy to change the way we live if the majority disagrees with it. So basically the government is testing our limits, which is why the example discussed in the book is valid.
