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by 51Cards 2076 days ago
But you're counting on your intelligence to act as a filter. It has become very clear in the last many years that a non-insignificant percentage of the populace doesn't possess the knowledge or level of rational thought to properly evaluate what they are being fed en-mass. It's increasingly easy to exploit some people's herd mentality and lack of education to rise movements that can have significant impact. I often talk to people who suddenly spout off some random conspiracy theory because they read about it 10 times on Facebook and they lack the ability to evaluate it properly. I wholly agree that I'm not a fan of censorship but likewise I don't think private platforms have a responsibility to equally showcase what is known to be false.

It's all going to be a mess no matter how you handle it... but permitting an endemic lack of education over the last generation has brought the concept of democracy to this point. I wish there was a clearer solution.

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> It's increasingly easy to exploit some people's herd mentality and lack of education to rise movements that can have significant impact.

Everybody always says this about everyone else.