This is not hyperbole, though many people will describe it as such.

It’s a fact that’s often been minimized, denied and made fun of, but in our society which runs foremost on information and access to it, the one who controls this information controls the society.

Absolutely self-evident, but people will quibble about it, not realizing or perhaps not wanting to realize out of mental self-protection just how much their life is ruled by this reality.

Which is exactly why the Comcast-Time Warner merger is so dangerous.

The pending acquisition of Time Warner cable would give Comcast control of almost half the cable television households in America. The pending destruction of net neutrality by the FCC would provide Comcast, the largest broadband provider in the United States, total control over the use of the Internet by the American public.

Yep. With more than 50% share, the baleful monstrosity that would be Comcast-Time Warner could and would dictate internet policy in the US.

What’s left of the free and open internet would be shredded posthaste.