I’m not at heart a conspiracy theorist, but the manoeuverings around polling booth machinery does look worrying. Common Dreams lays out the story. Dan Gillmor makes clear how rotten the technological solution is.
The New York Times sums up the downbeat mood in Davos: “It was clear that for now, at least, the policy that matters emanates from Washington, not from the boardrooms of McDonald’s or Microsoft.” Despite the propaganda — from both corporations and anti-globalisation protestors — it was ever thus.