Daily Bell: How much
of that waking up, as you said, can be contributed to the Internet? And do you
see it growing worldwide or only in the US?
Ron Paul: I think
the Internet is key to it and is the one reason why I have my Internet program.
Fewer and fewer people depend on regular TV and you see more programs being
deleted from TV. So the Internet is the wave of the future and that’s one of
the reasons the freedom movement is growing, because it’s not dependent on the
establishment. When I got interested in these ideas in the ’50s and ’60s it was
very, very difficult to get any
information but today it’s so easy and it spreads like a wildfire. I think it’s
fantastic and hopefully, that is so, so big that no one government can close it
down. I’m betting somebody who knows a lot more about computers than I do will
be able to maintain some type of communication on the Internet.
It is worldwide. I’ve said it so many times – this is not a
Republican deal. We’re not just trying to improve the Republicans and make it a
better party. If the ideas are correct they will be pervasive, just like the interventionist
foreign policy and Keynesian intervention economics. That was endorsed by the
Republicans and Democrats; they just argued over who got to be the managers.
And I think this is what’s going on and it’s worldwide and if we continue to
improve on our successes, it will influence not only Republicans and
Independents and Democrats; it will be worldwide. I hear from a lot of people
around the world and I do travel out of the country, who are encouraged and are
anxious to hear the message.
