India considers buying discounted Russian oil, commodities

Re:India considers buying discounted Russian oil, commodities by mcv on Monday March 14, 2022 @07:33PM (#30679940)

But the battle is already for your mind. Propaganda is turning out to be a pretty big threat to democracy. Look at the whole Trump and QAnon thing in the US, where media happily keep feeding people utter nonsense because it makes people want to hurt their political opponents. It's by far the most blatant example, but not remotely the only one.

Democracy is fantastic when you've got an informed electorate interested in the truth and in good governance, but it can get really messy when hit with tribalism, celebrity worship, conspiracy thinking, and an overdose of propaganda.

That said, it's still better than the alternatives, because it's ultimately self-correcting.

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Re:India considers buying discounted Russian oil, commodities by kavalg on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @08:59AM (#30684679)

Right, thanks for pointing this out. I forgot to mention the problems of scale. My answer to this would be that democracy shall be fixed on the smaller scale first (municipality, city etc) where people can feel the effects immediately (e.g. traffic jams, pollution, parking spaces, bueraucracy etc). Then hopefully people will get a taste of real democracy and will start choosing their leaders more carefully.

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