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The notion that any of those platforms is democratic is laughable. They are heavily censored for starters, among other things because they were cesspools of man
by blub 8y ago
The notion that any of those platforms is democratic is laughable. They are heavily censored for starters, among other things because they were cesspools of manipulation (hello election manipulation scandal!) and bullying/violence (hello Myanmar genocide!).
They're also intentionally filtered at the behest of the owners themselves and tuned to elicit user dependence on the platform.
Their cost is just hidden, they're not free.
So this possibility is permitted for about 5s, the time required to think about it a bit and then reject it as totally unrealistic.
- ppod 8y ago>The notion that any of those platforms is democratic is laughable. They are democratic as publishing and research platforms because every citizen has equal access to them, subject only to a device and internet connection. Only 20 years ago, the ability to publish and spread an opinion was heavily restricted by your power and financial status. With the exception of countries with good public libraries (a small minority of the world) the same was true of libraries. You're comparing to a non-existent utopia, not actual universes that have ever existed anywhere.