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If you think the democracies are doing bad, you should see the autocracies!

• amelius 2y ago
  You mean the thing democracies are turning into, thanks to social (crowd wisdom) media?
  • bee_rider 2y ago
    I don’t think social media really is crowd wisdom at all. It is built to pander to our worst impulses (I think, knowingly and openly, right? The algorithm selects for engagement, not learning and growing), and I’d be surprised if it isn’t producing a feedback loop as well (perhaps as an unintentional side effect). The wisdom of the crowds hypothesis relies on a random sampling, we’re intentionally applying a skew toward the angry and shallow.
  • coldtea 2y ago
    No, he means the thing democracies had turned to, when hardly differentiating parties turned into a practocal "uniparty" in economic, corporate, and foreign policy, and ruled by pissing on what the people voted for, which the current populist backlash is a reaction against, as elites (and supporters) lament as "too much democracy" and scorn the ignorant plebes (case in point) and pine for censorship and "expert" rule.
    • bee_rider 2y ago
      That wasn’t what I meant and I don’t think you really thought it was.