>I was assuming that you can tell fake news from real news, which is very easy for the majority of people.
I can tell fake news from real news. However, I'm left-leaning. And sometimes, there's left-leaning news that is fake. In some cases it's blatant. In others it's subtle. But I have to admit, I'm biased, and I often don't figure out what's true or not until I've done some digging. In some cases, doing some digging results in more fake bullshit.
But that's not really the problem for me. I don't want my world to be a difficult puzzle that I have to solve every day. But that's the way it is. The problem is the minority of people who can't even figure this out. They vote. And they're enough of a minority that this threatens my livelihood and well being, and possibly my life.
This is a huge problem for Democracy, and if we can't reform our electoral system so that a majority wins, then we're actually fucked. Like; we're (USA) going to end up like Egypt or Ukraine fucked.
I think if we can develop tools to combat this, we should use such tools. Or we will become tools for someone else.
I can tell fake news from real news. However, I'm left-leaning. And sometimes, there's left-leaning news that is fake. In some cases it's blatant. In others it's subtle. But I have to admit, I'm biased, and I often don't figure out what's true or not until I've done some digging. In some cases, doing some digging results in more fake bullshit.
But that's not really the problem for me. I don't want my world to be a difficult puzzle that I have to solve every day. But that's the way it is. The problem is the minority of people who can't even figure this out. They vote. And they're enough of a minority that this threatens my livelihood and well being, and possibly my life.
This is a huge problem for Democracy, and if we can't reform our electoral system so that a majority wins, then we're actually fucked. Like; we're (USA) going to end up like Egypt or Ukraine fucked.
I think if we can develop tools to combat this, we should use such tools. Or we will become tools for someone else.