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Re:Beware second waves of Covid-19 if lockdowns eased early:... by threatofrain on Friday March 27, 2020 @08:35AM (#22702345)
I’m getting the sense it’s what HN and perhaps more mainstream groups think too — that people are too weak to defend themselves against intellectual manipulation, and that democracy needs a special helping hand from the intellectual class.
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Re:Beware second waves of Covid-19 if lockdowns eased early:... by SpicyLemonZest on Friday March 27, 2020 @11:31AM (#22703687)
The strong sense of the critique isn't quite fair. It wouldn't be right to call every political activist an elitist, even though they often think people are being intellectually manipulated and always think that democracy needs their special helping hand.
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