[governance] "US Exceptionalism" (was Re: Bloomberg - The Overzealous Prosecution...)

[Norbert Bollow]

Michael Gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 
> (and only to add... "hard" but necessary...

Kerry Brown <kerry at kdbsystems.com> had written:

>> > > - the view that all national governments should have same kind of
>> > > roles or not in Internet governance and global information
>> > > society governance in general.
>> > >
>> > > "acceptance of US exceptionalism in information society
>> > > governance"
>> > > - the view that it is acceptable for the US government to have
>> > > some special role(s) or power(s) in Internet governance and
>> > > global information society governance in general.
>> 
>> For me it is not US exceptionalism. It is something more nuanced. As
>> a Canadian I would like to see less control by the US. As a citizen
>> of, for lack of a better term, a "western democracy" I would not like
>> to see what I think of as "repressive regimes" get more control. It
>> is a dichotomy I am unable to resolve in my own mind which makes it
>> very hard to debate usefully. I think many people have the same
>> internal struggle.

Another related, and also hard but necessary, internal struggle is to
have hope that meaningful positive change is actually achievable.

Are you able to propose some kind of set of criteria that
from your perspective governments should be required to fulfil before
they're qualified to join a group of governments that could be trusted
to have some role in global Internet governance? 

Greetings,
Norbert

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