Atomism and Communication

According to Atomism, Relations are External.  Thus, Social Atomism entails the inessentiality of Communication to its members. Accordingly, McLuhan's theses are irrelevant to Atomist Political Theory or Psychology.  So, in societies that are fundamentally Atomist, e. g. Capitalist ones, the emergence of the World Wide Web, even if perceived as being influential, e. g. as affecting the Economy, is, nevertheless, not conceived as affecting basic human behavioral processes.  But, if Atomism is wrong, then profound Psychological transformations, resulting from changes in the predominant mode of Communication, e. g. the WWW, cannot even be recognized in an Atomist society as occurring.