We need to consider what this means for our democracies at the most fundamental level. If governance is shaped by engagement-driven narratives over reality, how do institutions survive? If truth is irrelevant to power, what stops disordered discourse from capturing the state everywhere?
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Unless you making lying less profitable, you can't stop this from happening.
And the FCC does not have any jurisdiction over cable channels regardless.
But it’s Trump’s argument too so maybe you can go work for him?
So there is hope that we could make the needed changes to our information environment.
Seems even more relevant today.
https://youtu.be/7hQvBIyOC6Y?si=PoZbqyqxACmWMIg4
In fact, we are in an existential war and responding as if it was peacetime is a death sentence.
I told him to tell them “if you think it can’t happen to you - you haven’t been paying close attention” Don’t let your media be polluted with disinformation
... And no, I'm not joking.
IMO, one of the best ways to disengage from disordered discourse is to shut the phone and get into nature.
The constitution wasn't designed to / cannot deal with situations like this
Legitimate political power requires the ongoing consent of the people
Americans overthrew their government one time
No history book wrongs them for doing so
Now I don't know how to avoid it. Maybe higher morale and smaller income inequality?
http://demos.co.uk/research/epistemic-security-2029-fortifying-the-uks-information-supply-chain-to-tackle-the-democratic-emergency/
Perhaps information can no longer be made as dominant as it once was. I'm not saying it's not still important, ...
You're much too young. Check back with me when you make 79!!!😘
The Rwanda plan in the UK that was pushed through by the Tories just before they were booted out was probably the closest thing to that. UK was very lucky to have elections right then.
social exclusion. People feeling that government isn't 'for them'.
Explicit, tacit or implicit exclusion that creates groups who think 'fuck society, I'll find my sense of belonging elsewhere'.
Yes. It's not like things have really changed. The face-eating leopard is still a face-eating leopard. It's just come out into daylight.
It's always been a democracy for the rich and powerful.
That's why there's such a large underclass living on the breadline.
The most concerning part is that the US elected one such person twice.
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It may need to be root and branch reform at that level
- religion is all lies
- politicians lie like the wind blows
- most marketing is lies
- the Western world is trapped in a toxic myth that social mobility is real, hard work pays, and merit drives advancement.
And we might have to challenge those things as well?
https://bsky.app/profile/eliothiggins.bsky.social/post/3ljd6zljnts2z
(I do see anxiety & fear in voters who can’t afford rent.)
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Shouldn't we be more rigid on spreading lies?
Similar to how we Limit sales of Alcohol to the youth or fight smoking:
Ban social media for below 18y old. Fight news outlets like #Fox and #Springer more explicitly for lying. On #X and #Facebook, harmful content must be labelled
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I was a student of Dr Dator's in the 90s. Some of may seem far out, but it's worth considering his main thesis: we've moved from an Information Society to a Dream Society. It comports very well with disordered discourse!
Way back in 1976, the movie "Network" warned about EXACTLY this phenomenon, which we then watched play out in real time over the next several decades.
Notice how the same story or attack suddenly is everywhere.
The loss of a common reality based view undermines democracy.
Pro democracy forces are very bad at unified messaging and that needs to stop.