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arduanikalast Monday at 5:38 PM3 repliesview on HN

> "fix participatory democracy"

Ah yes, a popular codeword for "I did not get my way".

There is no electoral majority behind the AI doomer cult. It is not a failure of "democracy" that they haven't gotten what they want. It is a failure of their activism, or just the general unpalatability of their wild ideas, or both. They don't get to throw Molotovs just because they lose.


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vrganjlast Monday at 5:39 PM

Maybe democracy is fundamentally flawed because the demos is? How should one act in such a situation?

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kelseyfroglast Monday at 5:42 PM

Ah yes, "continue losing."

Go ahead and read Gilens and Page and tell me participatory democracy is working. Until then, expect more of the same impotent condemnations and a refusal to understand the social mechanics producing acts of violence.

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sleepybrettlast Monday at 6:15 PM

> There is no electoral majority behind the AI doomer cult.

how can you be sure? has anyone polled it? are they too scared to poll it?