[cheschire]

I absolutely think so. Can you imagine if voting was influenced directly by whatever memes were on Tiktok?

[godzillabrennus]

Given how Mamdani won in NYC I think we are already at that stage.

[mothballed]

That one definitely reflects that the founders tended to limit voting to those with higher level of stakes in society (usually land owners).

While I'm not defending the practice, the parallel here is lifelong NYC dwellers with family roots in NYC were far less likely to vote for Mamdani than more recent immigrants or residents. It was largely a vote of those with the least stakes in NYC voting to overpower those with the highest stakes in NYC.