Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy
by nend on Thursday July 28, 2022 @11:52AM
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I don't, but regardless the US doesn't seem very close to direct democracy to me. So I disagree with OP when they say we're getting a glimpse of what direct democracy looks like right now.
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Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy
by ifyoubuildit on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:02PM
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To clarify, I don't mean to say the US is looking like a direct democracy. I mean to say that maybe we can think of social media as a microcosm that shows what direct democracy might look like.
Topics going viral are sort of like issues coming up for a vote, and the result is that you see different consensuses emerge and different real world consequences (companies changing policies and making phony apologies for things, for example).