> It's just that the upwards potential is a lot bigger than downwards in corrupt places.

I suggest that the opportunity for downward is just as big as the opportunity for upward, if the Rohingya situation in Myanmar is anything to measure by.

Yes and the full downwards potential is more like the holocaust I think or actually larger than that

So social media creating artificial strife amongst people has been a good change? Yea, theres some good from social media, but it seems to constantly require "change". Even in perfectly peaceful circles of societies, its dividing people into radicalized factions all in the name of tribe identity. That and the increasing studies showcasing the detrimental mental health affects it has on people. It truly is becoming more of a burden as time goes on. It's not like social media is truly democratic. They're monarchies that give an illusion of public control.

I was about to say, the unrest fomented in Syria didn't exactly lead to improvement.