I t seems that nothing short of a social and political revolution will dislodge the elites in government and the media as cultural gatekeepers and arbiters of political correctness. As to whether or not such a revolution is on the horizon that s another column. For now, let us conclude that the much-vaunted role of technology as a way to automatically and effortlessly achieve liberty by rendering government irrelevant was a myth that deserved debunking. I never believed it. It looks like we are learning, the hard way, that elites never give up their power voluntarily, and never leave quietly.
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