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"Democratization" implies "equally available to all people". That's what the "demos" is about. But when you have to pay for something, what that really means is
by munificent 7y ago
"Democratization" implies "equally available to all people". That's what the "demos" is about. But when you have to pay for something, what that really means is that it's available only to those with the money.
This is really the capitalization of propaganda — those with capital get to control the narrative.
- gumby 7y agoThose with the capital have ways controlled the narrative (newspapers, and before that hiring people to just go out and talk to the people, e.g. to be elected tribune). The cost of these propaganda efforts has plummeted, and increased automation will simply lower the cost further. Trump pays nothing to use Twitter and it netted him a presidency (though, per your comment, he already had a TV show). I expectthat within the next four or five years there will be middle schoolers using this tech to run for student council.