Is the republican party destined to fade?

According to this blog, the republican party has a mere 8% approval rating from ages 18-29, or as Politifail says,

With a +/- of 3. The MSM still books more Republican then Democratic talking heads on the Sunday shows and anytime they bitch and moan they give them a medium to do it on. But next time you see one of them spouting off on some TV show or hear CNN talking about the "massive" teabagger party think about the fact that the Republican party is 8 (or possibly even just 5) points away from having a 0 percent approval rating from everyone in the country born after 1980. They are the party of fail, and they are done.

How might this shape the next century, when the old ideas really don't carry into the new generation? My bets are that new parties will form as old government legalities, and organizations continue to buckle and stress in an ever-evolving world. Here's to a brighter future, where appropriate government policy might better reflect not only the needs of the people, but the right temperature, soil and nutrients to make them flourish!

Printing Press, Internet and Novel Ideas

When the printing press was first being constructed in Europe, how many people foresaw what this intricate machine of blocks and ink would become? Eventually, it would catalyze the Protestant Reformation, and become means to spread knowledge and information to greater populations. Philosophical discourses, and new means of legislation were made possible due to the abundant increase of information in western civilization. Aren't we going through a similar period?

The internet has enormous potential, as many of us know, to start re-wiring civilization in novel ways. It takes out the middle man, and creates a civilization where inventors, engineers and communication-architects are vastly more valued than bureaucratic agencies. I think that, just as many spiritual, political and economic ideas rapidly emerge following the invention of the printing press, we will be, and are seeing the same thing happening today.

Here's to interesting times we're living in!