It's a very jaded view, but I think I agree in the general sense. In 2008, Facebook was hailed as a tool of democracy, since it was leveraged by Obama's campai

It's a very jaded view, but I think I agree in the general sense. In 2008, Facebook was hailed as a tool of democracy, since it was leveraged by Obama's campaign. We heard glowing stories about how the internet (and Facebook in particular) was giving a voice to the voiceless. This was a new dawn in democracy! And now that Facebook is leveraged by conservatives, it's now considered a harbinger of everything bad in the world. Yet, the Trump movement is just as much a campaign of the disenfranchised as Obamas (probably more so). People were angry for decades and no one cared what they thought. I try to not make divisive comments on HN unless necessary, but I think I have to say this. My feeling is that the left wing were actually correct about the internet being a tool of democracy. It functions very well at free speech and connecting groups. But they misattribute their blame. Their problem is not tech per se, nor even big tech. It's that tech have people a voice. They just didn't like what the people had to say.