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Public policy, and the power stemming from it, is a social phenomenon. Which isn't to say that Twitter is important to the United States' future, but also is t

• Barrin92 5y ago
  >Commons sway votes, which sway policy in a democracy. Evidence suggests otherwise[1]. In the US (and really anywhere else) public policy is elite driven, and if anything public discourse and public opinion is amorphous and shifts as a response to whatever is passed down by institutions, be that corporate, academia, the media or what have you. This very intuitively is visible in the 'topic of the day/week/month' nature of American discourse where everyone seemingly synchronized goes into a frenzy only to move on to the next thing a while later. The 'commons' are a giant entertainment machine where people who have practically zero influence on anything meaningful can spent their time, that's about it. [1]https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-poli...