What are your five largest threats to functioning democracy in the US right now?
Because I question any list that doesn't include a substantial chunk of voters being ignorant on concerns of critical importance to the country.
And if that's a problem now, as a result of a couple decades of low-brow, high-emotion 80s and 90s conservative talk radio and tv, then what do you think better-engineered algorithmic slop is doing to the next voting cohort's brains?
Democracies succeed or fail on the average voter's ability to somewhat understand matters.
Because I question any list that doesn't include a substantial chunk of voters being ignorant on concerns of critical importance to the country.
And if that's a problem now, as a result of a couple decades of low-brow, high-emotion 80s and 90s conservative talk radio and tv, then what do you think better-engineered algorithmic slop is doing to the next voting cohort's brains?
Democracies succeed or fail on the average voter's ability to somewhat understand matters.