[bashinator]

Name one other time in history when memes could be spread and amplified at the same rate and level as through social media.

[throwaway0a5e]

Europe survived the invention of the printing press just fine.

The parallels between the internet and the printing press are many.

[bashinator]

Wasn't aware that the printing press could instantaneously distribute material to a majority of the people on Earth within seconds, at virtually no cost.

The parallels between the Internet and the printing press may be many, but the differences are IMO vastly greater.

[root_axis]

The owner of a particular press made their own determination about what was worthy of printing.

[raarts]

And because of this you now think the ones burning the books and censoring people are the good guys?