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I wouldn't take Reddit or Twitter posts as anything close to representing the vox pop.

• rosndo 5y ago
  Yeah well, you can just look at who certain groups of people choose to run their countries. Pretty good proxy for vox pop.
  • alphabettsy 5y ago
    Countries well known for their fair democracies right?
    • rosndo 5y ago
      You don’t need a fair democracy in order to establish one. I’m currently sitting a couple of blocks away from where Nicolae Ceausescu held his last speech.
      • edoceo 5y ago
        Well, that was an awesome Wikipedia link hole. Thanks!
• xeromal 5y ago
  I used to say that too but 2016 is an example of the internet made manifest. We tend to forget that children and young minds live on the internet now and they will be influenced by Reddit and Twitter posts. It's a real problem that I think we make for a more radical younger generation.
• zo1 5y ago
  You could argue that cesspools where you see that stuff are what people "really" think. Sure, you get some sub-set of trolls and people there just to cause discontent between groups. But the rest genuinely believe that stuff, whatever that "stuff" may be.