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by bassrattle 984 days ago
Literacy rates have gone up, minorities have a bigger voice than perhaps ever. Trust in legacy media (propaganda machines) is at an all time low. It seems like the issue is that each voice is a drop in the bucket now while there are naturally giants throwing their weight around. I'm not saying we don't have new problems which need new solutions, but to fault the 1A I feel is misled. In a world where free speech is still under constant attack, we should reaffirm the strong foundations we have rather than uproot entirely.
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It isn't the fault of the 1A that we have a signal-to-noise problem, but the 1A severely limits the tools we are able to use to address the problem (because of the simplistic way that "Congress shall make no law..." is written).
> legacy media (propaganda machines)

I'd say that qualification requires some upgrade. What's worse than an obvious propaganda machine?

A machine.

As for the 1A --- I didn't mean to fault it; it is not its fault.