So, the power structure has conducted a simulated (i.e., purely fictionalized) account of a “cyber-attack” on America! Oh, what to do, what to do? People pretending to be various government officials played out a scripted scenario of how to respond to this bogeyman threat. (“We may have to shut down the Internet in order to protect the American people. Oh me, oh my.”)
There is nothing new in such make-believe attacks: Orson Welles sent Boobus into a tizzy with his “War of the Worlds” coverage of a Martian invasion. Nor can we forget the ease with which most Americans bought the phony script that brought about the still-continuing wars with Afghanistan and Iraq. Once bitten by the fear-bug, Boobus is easy prey for whatever actions the state wants to take against anyone. Do you think that’s a virus that infected your computer? Don’t be so naive: it’s a fifth-columnist agent, whose function is to sabotage computerized networks. Fortunately, our wise political leaders will immobilize these networks — in order to protect them, of course — for the duration of the attack (which, we have been told, will go on forever).
