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 … Continue reading War of the Cyber-Worlds