Nostr

Well, yeah. We've watched Republicans line up to swallow the Big Lie, despite all evidence to the contrary proving that it was a free and fair election. It's understandable that we want something done about rampant bullshit spreading online, which many susceptible people apparently will accept as truth, before we end up with no democracy at all.

Hurvajs Rumcajs 2y ago

A few thoughts:

You can't stop bullshit from spreading on the internet, unless you turn it off completely... somehow. Even if you turn the whole world into a north korea with chinese tech capabilities you won't be able stop the bullshit.

"We have to kill our democracy in order to save it."

"People are so stupid that we need to select a few people to rule them all."

"People are so stupid we need a bunch of people to tell them what they can or can't see, hear or think."

I grew up in a socialist authoritarian country where the party tried to control everything. And guess what? They created their own bullshit reality, forced it on everyone and it still didn't work.

It didn't work on any level except it made everyone suffer while wasting the potential of millions by not allowing them to do what they are best at and making everyone poor in the process.

You can't censor your way to freedom.

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Bud 2y ago

I actually agree with you. Ive been to Nicaragua 3 times. let's just say it’s not a socialist paradise.

My response to Walker's post was to show why the censorship tide is trending up among Dems . It's because even formerly responsible Republicans have bent over the bed and spread their ass cheeks for an obvious liar, Donald Trump. They know better but are helplessly entranced by his fake show, because the moronic blue collar types who worship that cult amount to a lot of votes. Every single Trump word is a lie, which they lap up. It's pathetic to watch. And alarming.

Censorship will only make society worse. But one can understand why many Democrats are interested ways to protect the country from Trump's narcissistic firehose of utter bullshit.

Hurvajs Rumcajs 2y ago

Understood.

I don't see how it can get better any time soon. Anything the blue institute against the red will be probably in turn used against the blue and vice versa. Vengance is what many want.

It is the old world and old gatekeepers fighting for the lost/shifting power. The new structure is forming and trying to find its ideal shape. Until this transition reaches some (temp) stable state everything will seem chaotic and often ugly.

And I hope the "optimal new structure" doesn't look like some kind of tech-socialism.