Ralph Nader: Internet not so hot at "motivating action"

For those of you who think that the Internet has heralded in a new era of grass roots political opportunity, prepare to be challenged by Mr. Participatory Politics himself.

"Are big corporations afraid of the public use of the Internet? Does Congress fear the civic use of the Internet? Does the Pentagon fear the civic use of the Internet? Those are the questions you want to ask," Ralph Nader told an auditorium of college students in Washington, DC on Monday. "My tentative conclusion," he continued, "is that the Internet doesn't do a very good job of motivating action."

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