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"Democracy has also had it's chance really. People clearly can't handle it and get hurt or die all the time. The experts should govern, no more of this voting n
by willcipriano 5y ago
"Democracy has also had it's chance really. People clearly can't handle it and get hurt or die all the time. The experts should govern, no more of this voting nonsense."
Is what would appear to be the logical conclusion of this idea. If people can't be trusted to speak, they certainly can't be trusted to vote.
- gretch 5y agoWe’re talking about likes and retweets here, not even original tweets. Any idea extrapolated to it’s logical extreme can look stupid. No one is talking about ending democracy
- Frondo 5y agoIt's worth remembering that the slippery slope is maybe best known in the context of the slippery slope fallacy, i.e. you probably aren't gonna get there (iron-clad rule by technocrats) from here (Twitter not allowing likes/retweets of vaccine misinformation.)
- evv555 5y agoIs the rational to quarantine tweets not itself driven by slippery slope reasoning?