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If democracy can't survive Facebook then it probably was doomed already. Similarly with trying to live in civil society when there are already fellow citizens f
by benlivengood 5y ago
If democracy can't survive Facebook then it probably was doomed already. Similarly with trying to live in civil society when there are already fellow citizens full of violence and hatred; FB might give voice to what is already there and already broken but isn't really the cause.
- agalunar 5y agoAlthough that's sort of like saying "if an ant can't survive being scorched by a magnifying glass, it was probably doomed to burn in the sun anyway". What you're saying may be true – I've no idea. But I'm not sure we can yet dismiss the idea that social technology like Facebook, used as it is, might push us over a line we wouldn't otherwise cross.
- actaeon169 5y agoThe trouble with democracy is, and always was, the demos