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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs "showboat" attention hogging receding with the pandemic?
I've always been a believer that one-person-one-vote was a good way to assure fairness. Yet it seems to me like it's a commonplace that noisy folks dominate the media. From fools to monsters, we have been getting way too many showboat performances instead of majority-dominant, generally cooperative, usually mutually beneficial social tone.
The 95% of folks on the left and right who either completely agree or can compromise with (and accommodate) one another are starting to speak up againat their democratic one-person-one-vote level of representation. That is all to the good. There could be a lot of squawking from folks with microphones and megaphones as their influence dwindles to its true fair market value, but folks who just want to see common sense and cooperation come back in vogue can take some comfort, imo.
KPN
(15,587 posts)at the moment. Perhaps we are indeed moving in that direction, but from what I see daily, we have quite a ways to go before we reach a predominance of common sense. I'm still surprised almost daily at how bizarre our society has become; one would think that after everything we've experienced since 2016, nothing would be surprising, but not so.
gulliver
(13,142 posts)But, yeah, I'm optimistic. It might start out 90% being able to achieve at least grudging acceptance. I also find way too much bizarreness out there right now for my taste. I feel like we all do, but we're just not able to do anything about it. In some ways, we've allowed the less wise folks (and, as I say, in my opinion overrepresented folks) paint us all into a kind of corner. It's not because we agree with them but because we've all been too harried and frazzled by the pandemic and the media "clicks-equals-dollars" algorithm.
But I think wiser, cooler heads are now getting some free time and motivation. Hope so.
NoRethugFriends
(2,196 posts)95%???? What planet are we talking about?
gulliver
(13,142 posts)There's a sweet spot we should try to find where 95% accept society and culture grudgingly at a minimum and then go home and tie flies or play musical instruments (or post on political websites).