Author Topic: Western Democracy  (Read 6036 times)

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Re: Western Democracy
« Reply #120 on: December 11, 2022, 03:02:12 pm »
Even false leftists understand that moderation is required for a society to function, and that those most in need of moderation are rightists. Excerpt from How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them which discusses social media’s role in increasing civil and global tensions:

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It's not likely to be a coincidence that the global shift away from democracy universalism has tracked so closely with the advent of the internet, the introduction of smart phones, and the widespread use of social media. The age of information has opened up unmitigated, unregulated pathways to the spread of misinformation (which is erroneous) and disinformation (which is intentionally misleading). Charlatans, conspiracy theorists, trolls, demagogues, and anti-democratic tribalist agents who had previously been shut out of the media environment -- or at least had great difficulty gaining a mass audience -- suddenly gained traction. As social media penetrated countries and gained a larger share of people's attention, a clear pattern emerged: ethnic factions grew, social divisions widened, resentment at immigrants increased, bullying populists got elected, and violence began to increase. Open, unregulated social media platforms turned out to be the perfect accelerant for the conditions that lead to civil wars.

The author correctly points out that rightists had been mostly shut out of civil discourse until social media gave them a platform, allowing them to spread their message and gather their tribesmen, which in turn has created civil division and unrest. Their solution is the same as ours: moderating rightists. But rather than admitting the only way to moderate rightists is leftist dictatorship, they would rather blame autocrats for the mess democracy created:

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Before autocracy came about when military generals launched coups. But now it's being ushered in by the voters themselves.

Leftists must leave democracy in the dustbin of history where it belongs.