Pretty fascinating and also sort of "no duh." Thinking about how those with access to information networks have leveraged the technology throughout history, it

Pretty fascinating and also sort of "no duh." Thinking about how those with access to information networks have leveraged the technology throughout history, it seems like it is always used for the purpose of "moral grandstanding." Social media is just the fully fleshed out network. I'm just thinking about the progression from letters, the pony express, the railroad, the telegraph, the telephone, radio, movies, television, internet, to now social networks. Haven't those with access to the information network always used it to express why their opinion is right or wrong? The toxicity is maybe just a function of the rapid increase of access. There is now an "infinite" number of those with access to an "infinite" number of listeners. With TV or radio, the listeners are still there, but access to dissemination is highly restricted. With telegraphs or telephones, both access and audience are restricted. I'm not sure if this problem was ever solved before. Maybe it was just stifled....