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Another poor jab from the guardian. Newspapers, television, even orators in the public foro have long allowed the wealthy to manipulate democracy. Democracy h
by jokethrowaway 4y ago
Another poor jab from the guardian.
Newspapers, television, even orators in the public foro have long allowed the wealthy to manipulate democracy.
Democracy has never been a perfect tool because people are gullible and fallible. But it's more convenient for politicians to decry the sins of their enemies than to admit their powers should be largely reduced or stripped away entirely.
Criticising a tool because it allow your enemies to speak is peak society polarisation; not long left before our empire will come down crumbling
- toyg 4y agoIt is true, however, that the internet has normalized pornography. Most other effects are just Guthenberg-like ("people reading and writing their own bibles?!? Madness! And the result is all these new wars!"), par for the course.