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Jim__

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1. Why now? Something to consider.

Reply to Tom Rinaldo (Original post)

Mon Aug 2, 2021, 10:08 AM

Aug 2021

The other day ancianita posted a link to an article in the New Yorker about Facebook and how it increases its profits by promoting news stories that have a strong emotional appeal, and that many people rely on Facebook and other social media as their main news source. Undermining democracy and promoting demagoguery is extremely profitable - at least in the short term.

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Gotta admit it. My faith in democracy is badly shaken (though not broken) [View all] Tom Rinaldo Aug 2021 OP

Why now? Something to consider. Jim__ Aug 2021 #1

Yes, no doubt that plays a very large role in it Tom Rinaldo Aug 2021 #3

I feel the opposite. -misanthroptimist Aug 2021 #2

I can see that perspective Tom Rinaldo Aug 2021 #4

I'm with you; we're far from out of the woods -misanthroptimist Aug 2021 #10

While that's true, it seems they've really ramped up the fascism Marius25 Aug 2021 #6

But do they actually control the courts? -misanthroptimist Aug 2021 #11

Not all the judges are ideological sycophants.... TheRealNorth Aug 2021 #13

I mean, the Supreme Court just damaged voting rights even more Marius25 Aug 2021 #16

Those That Build and Create Always Have the Hardest Job Beetwasher. Aug 2021 #5

Well said Tom Rinaldo Aug 2021 #8

We all did. Pantagruel Aug 2021 #7

The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in Democracy but in ourselves. Saboburns Aug 2021 #9

I agree with this sentiment. TheRealNorth Aug 2021 #14

Ahem. Former Orange Lardo did not win The Presidency in 2016. We elected Hillary but abqtommy Aug 2021 #12

All I can say is thank you right now. I've got to run and have no time. 7wo7rees Aug 2021 #15

K&R for the post and the discussion. crickets Aug 2021 #17