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Democracy has always faced the problem that come elections, every living soul has one vote, but not every soul is equally equipped to be critical about informat

Democracy has always faced the problem that come elections, every living soul has one vote, but not every soul is equally equipped to be critical about information they are exposed to. The solution is not to inhibit freedom of thought and speech, it is to teach new generations of people to be more critical. Ultimately in the long run democracy and free societies are always more likely to triumph against authoritarian societies, because the will of the people prevents the governments from endlessly doing moronic or corruptive actions. If they do, they will get voted out in the next election cycle. Authoritarian governments don’t have that luxury, if the glorious leader decides to run against a wall year after year in full speed because they think they are right, they will and nobody dares to stop the train. So the enemy is not disinformation, it is the gullible mind. We need to educate critical thinking, without going too deep into values. Then our societies will sort this shit out. On a tangent, when a political entity is dismantling education of critical thought and science in school systems, you should know it’s because they know their political rule depends on people not thinking critically.

pvaldes 5y ago
> Democracy has always faced the problem that come elections, every living soul has one vote. The one people, one vote, is a problem that has been 'fixed' since the start with gentle corrections and tricks. If your vote score 1 point and mine score 1000 points, then it does not matter if you are very well informed or not.
Krasnol 5y ago
The problem here is that we're in a situation where those most gullible are sure that they are the most critical. As with everything in this weird world, "critical" has been peaked beyond recognition and turned onto itself. The word became meaningless in the online and later offline discourse. There isn't even a way to communicate the issue to those which needs education as every contingency for education has been co-opted into this ridiculous reality they (and ultimately we all) live in. Unfortunately this reality is quite profitable. As cliche as it may sound: we need an outside the box view on the whole thing and I don't even know who or what that could be which would look from outside this box we're trapped in.

pvaldes 5y ago

> Democracy has always faced the problem that come elections, every living soul has one vote. The one people, one vote, is a problem that has been 'fixed' since the start with gentle corrections and tricks. If your vote score 1 point and mine score 1000 points, then it does not matter if you are very well informed or not.

Krasnol 5y ago

The problem here is that we're in a situation where those most gullible are sure that they are the most critical. As with everything in this weird world, "critical" has been peaked beyond recognition and turned onto itself. The word became meaningless in the online and later offline discourse. There isn't even a way to communicate the issue to those which needs education as every contingency for education has been co-opted into this ridiculous reality they (and ultimately we all) live in. Unfortunately this reality is quite profitable. As cliche as it may sound: we need an outside the box view on the whole thing and I don't even know who or what that could be which would look from outside this box we're trapped in.