[busterarm]

> We need distance and live-and-let-live in society. It's not a family.

Get rid of social media. Problem solved. It's putting too many people in proximity who otherwise should and would not be. The end result is always an angry mob.

[mbostleman]

But didn't the problem really escalate when media scaled electronically with radio and television. Those mediums didn't include interaction like social media does, but it seems like the diversity of ideas (at least visibly) is inversely proportional to the scale of broadcasting.

[busterarm]

Broadcasting is a related, but separate problem.

What's in the news will be the topic of conversation in your community, but it does not lead thought in your community. It does not identify with anyone there.

Social media has replaced the community itself. It dictates who you speak to and how.

It is among the most insidious weapons that we've invented yet and it's aimed almost exclusively at civilians.