Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads
by vkou on Monday October 28, 2019 @05:25PM
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Giving two wolves equal time to discuss their bid for the county shepard is, in itself, not going to produce better governance. (And will happen to entrench the false dichotomy of 'there are two, and only two, valid choices.)
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Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads
by landryraccoon on Monday October 28, 2019 @06:08PM
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In this analogy, if the people are truly sheep, there is nothing to be done. Democracy is finished. The entire premise of Democracy is that voters can be trusted on average to make correct decisions on who should lead. If that premise is false, the wolves win in any scenario no matter what.
Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads
by erik_seaberg on Monday October 28, 2019 @05:54PM
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If 60 voters want X offered by two candidates but 40 want not-X from one candidate, not-X wins 40-30-30. It's not a false dichotomy, it's the flawed outcome of plurality voting.