Sorry slacktivists: The Man is shredding your robo responses

It's sad 'cos u care SO much about issues, you even tweet about them

Years ago, we were told that mass democratic participation was was going to be revolutionised by the web. One click was all it would take to affect change - if only enough people clicked. We would tweet truth to power. Instead of arranging to see an elected representative, we could fill in a handy web form. The future belonged to the web savvy, and their "swarm intelligence". Against this, The Man wouldn't stand a chance!"