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Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy by hunglee2 on Thursday July 28, 2022 @01:30PM (#32267608)
> This "engagement" is largely by people who don't know anything about politics and have their emotions manipulated by unscrupulous politicians and biased reporting.

surely not unique to the social media age

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Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy by surement on Thursday July 28, 2022 @01:38PM (#32267712)
In terms of correlation at least, yes. Between the fall and the USSR and when social media presence became the norm, people were largely apolitical. Now it's all about owning the libs/cons.
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Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy by drewcoo on Thursday July 28, 2022 @02:59PM (#32268715)
Think bigger. Longer times. It's not unique. It is human.

And Americans are human: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism_in_the_United_States

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