Marx would have called the Internet a tool of the ruling class. The circus part of "bread and circuses" at best.
That's why I say his materialist trip is such a joke -- he ignores culture, science, technology and all the "good stuff." He's all about smokestacks and shit.
Which brings up the whole idea of "information society" vs. "industrial society" I suppose . . . oh so many tangents come from this whole topic.