Lenin said that if you own the press, you own the people. One effect of the Internet making it possible for anyone and everyone to own "the press" is a deep sorrow I have that Trotsky is not still alive. If he were, he'd immediately see that the doubts he began to have near the end of his life concerning the possibility of the Proletariat being capable of self-rule were entirely spot on. It's also a pity that Engels, who rather famously encouraged Communists the world over to look to the United States as an example of how well self-government could work isn't still around to see exactly how true was that example.