[piaste]

> Are we too stupid to have courts?

I have a slightly different opinion from /u/ cf141q5325's. I think the problem isn't stupidity, it's hunger for power.

When you grant someone the authority to decide what other people should do, you can optimize for intelligence all you like, but the ones who will actually _struggle_ to get that position are the ones who want to be able to tell other people what to do.

Separation of powers is a partial remedy to this. You can either make the rules, or enforce the rules, but not both. (Democracy is another remedy, also partial.) We _can_ have courts because becoming a judge isn't quite as attractive as becoming a dictator.

A gigantic issue with the current 'fight against misinformation' is that it features no separation at all. When it comes from the government, it's typically designed, evaluated, and enforced by the executive branch alone. And when it comes from private entities, it's completely arbitrary and tyrannical according to whatever mood the CEO wakes up in that morning.

[cf141q5325]

I dont think its an either or, nor do i disagree. I was just focusing on the one perspective for the sake of the argument. It got too long already.