alt Hacker NewsIt was known to the Attic Greeks that democracy had a fatal bug: a system that entrusts ultimate authority to the masses will predictably privilege persuasion over knowledge, passion over judgment, and populism over excellence.
It just couldn't be exploited effectively until now. Thanks, Mark and Elon.
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tbrownaw • yesterday at 10:38 PM
No, mass media had been around much longer than just a couple years.
But also, that bug is why our government was initially set up with the structure it was. And why you'll occasionally see complaints about parts of the structure being "undemocratic".
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> It just couldn't be exploited effectively until now.
Are you saying until Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 there were no effective election interference problems?