Electronic Colonialism
Nowadays, we are facing a new form of colonialism. Colonization by someone having the latest cyber technology and data. Google, Yahoo, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, and others, collectively have changed the ways we do things as well as how we think and act.
Using the internet, we are forced to continued watching of advertisement and information, which have a strong influence on our mind. It might be seen as mind control. At the same time, our private information is always exposed. It is hard to prevent. Accrding to Ben Wood’s report: “The average Adult Brit spends more time online than doing anything else in their life (refer to the article ).
And internet users are not only colonized but also colonisers. We can buy t-shirts just by 1-click . It’s very convenient. However there are deliverers who work under abusive condition in order to maintain 24 7 delivery system (refer to “slavery” chapter).
Electronic Colonialism is advancing in a subtle way. Those are various aspects of how Electronic Colonialism works.