I don't think our current media is the correct model - it is much worse than in year's past. > Further, it seems to me that the press that you and others belie

I don't think our current media is the correct model - it is much worse than in year's past. > Further, it seems to me that the press that you and others believe we cannot function without is really a method for disseminating a centralized ideology and set of beliefs that, true or not, allow the majority of the country to continue in a unified direction. I don't believe that is necessary for the nation to continue, but I could be wrong there. Historically there are two sources of tyranny - authoritarian rule, and the rule of the mob. I am specifically against centralization as I already said - this would lead to tyranny of authority in most cases. The other is the mob - as we've seen from doxxing witchhunts online, cancel culture, etc. This is simply tyranny represented differently. The idea that social media can replace journalism has been markedly disproved since the rise of social media. Function is the wrong term - I'm sure something will function, like a broken clock functions - it still runs, but does it tell the right time?