How Twitter poisoned politics

Re:How Twitter poisoned politics by gassed on Friday October 05, 2018 @01:34PM (#18150022)

Prob with social networks is that they bring vitriol to the masses, and uncover deeply-seated vulnerabilities in democracy.

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Re:How Twitter poisoned politics by someguydave on Friday October 05, 2018 @01:40PM (#18150080)

Mass-democracy was well-known to be a terrible idea by many wise people in history, for the precise reasons that Twitter is revealing.

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Re:How Twitter poisoned politics by Nasrudith on Friday October 05, 2018 @02:46PM (#18150688)

Weren't many of those speakers essentially paid propagandists for monarchs, oligarchs and strongmen?

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Re:How Twitter poisoned politics by someguydave on Friday October 05, 2018 @03:08PM (#18150871)

No, they were speakers who essentially made the US Constitution into a republic instead of a mass-democracy

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Re:How Twitter poisoned politics by dphack on Friday October 05, 2018 @01:49PM (#18150152)

Lol, the Orville had an episode called 'Majority Rule' that is a funny take at a total democracy.

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