The secret of success

Today I found a very interesting video on YouTube. It shows Daily Kos' founder Markos Moulitsas Zúniga talking about the importance of the New Media for our society. He claims that Daily Kos' secret of success is not based on money or any influential background the bloggers have but because they worked hard and are right in many political assumptions. In his opinion, this is the great advantage of the New Media:

"We have the tools now to make up our own minds."

He asserts that we were no longer dependent on the so called experts to tell us what to think and what to say and what to believe. Zúniga refers to the internet as the source for checking information. Whether one takes a look at articles on Wikipedia or on Google News or whether you watch a short video on YouTube...
I personally do totally share his opinion. The internet gives every citizen the possibility to accumulate knowledge about every topic he or she wants to. It's like Zúniga says:

"Anybody can be a so called expert."

And it's so easy. One klick and you've got it... I think that is a great opportunity especially for those people who live in an autocratic regime with a censorship. You can state your opinion freely (more or less) and you do not have to let the others indoctrinate you. Let's use the internet for democracy!

Svetlana, what do you think?;-)