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Re:Can Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook Before It Breaks Democracy? by wrs on Monday September 10, 2018 @11:10AM (#17952354)
Democracy is “broken” for a variety of reasons, including deep problems with the parties themselves. But the role of news media in democracy is critical (in both senses of the word), and the rise of Facebook and other media based on unmoderated positive feedback loops is certainly not helping.
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Re:Can Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook Before It Breaks Democracy? by crdoconnor on Monday September 10, 2018 @11:43AM (#17952587)
The tendency of old media to blame it has more to do with how much it threatens their bottom line than it does how much it's an actual threat to democracy though.

This article being a clear example of that.

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Re:Can Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook Before It Breaks Democracy? by ENTP on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @09:10AM (#17959386)
The ultimate flaw with democracy is that it is predicated on the majority being right.
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