Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoWhat is something that gets a lot of hate for absolutely no reason?lockmessage-squaremessage-square482fedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down16
arrow-up1222arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that gets a lot of hate for absolutely no reason?lockLanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agomessage-square482fedilink
minus-squareCowbee@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoThe problem with democracy isn’t democracy, but allowing people with entrenched power to control the flow of information in their favor, vs the masses. Democracy is a good system.
minus-squareim sorry i broke the code@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoI don’t disagree with you but how do you prevent misinformation, manipulation and polarisation?
minus-squareCowbee@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoRemove power structures that are inherently unjustly hierarchical, and remove the profit motive in general. People profit from misinformation and entrenched power, if they don’t have that then democracy works better.
The problem with democracy isn’t democracy, but allowing people with entrenched power to control the flow of information in their favor, vs the masses. Democracy is a good system.
I don’t disagree with you but how do you prevent misinformation, manipulation and polarisation?
Remove power structures that are inherently unjustly hierarchical, and remove the profit motive in general.
People profit from misinformation and entrenched power, if they don’t have that then democracy works better.