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> representative democracy And given the degree to which lies have gotten better at mutating and spreading, while critical thinking is barely taught in schools
by seph-reed 5y ago
> representative democracy
And given the degree to which lies have gotten better at mutating and spreading, while critical thinking is barely taught in schools, even if this "democracy" was representative it might not work too well.
At this point, I think the only way to save the user base of this dying old system is a slow migration towards competing co-op social services... but once again -- without critical thinking -- most people would likely choose by lowest price and end up with much of the same.
- kiba 5y agoAnd given the degree to which lies have gotten better at mutating and spreading, while critical thinking is barely taught in schools, even if this "democracy" was representative it might not work too well. I am skeptical of the notion that teaching critical thinking will do people any good in fighting lies. People believe in the narrative they want, and they'll employ tools to do that.
- seph-reed 5y agoVery likely not a one-stop solve-all. But also very likely part of the tool set.