Re:How the World Went from Post-Politics to Hyper-Politics
by igammarays on Friday February 04, 2022 @07:38AM
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> By your theory, the political conversation should be worst in the countries ranked most democratic, which I don't feel fits the facts as well as the opposite.
I didn't say the political discourse was "worse", I said it appeals to the lowest common denominator. The crowds are finicky and have a short attention span, but sometimes they may happen to be correct. And sometimes they're not.
Re:How the World Went from Post-Politics to Hyper-Politics
by ZeroGravitas on Friday February 04, 2022 @02:04PM
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Right, so the political discussion in New Zealand, Sweden etc. appeals to the lowest common denominator even more, because they are more democratic than the US? I don't think that's true.
To give one example, the common complaints about the coastal elites and metropolitans. Its harder to get away with that if you have a democratic system that counts peoples votes since those groups include a lot of people.
By your theory, the political conversation should be worst in the countries ranked most democratic, which I don't feel fits the facts as well as the opposite.
https://www.eiu.com/n/campaigns/democracy-index-2020/