What you’re missing is that democracies only work with an informed electorate. But it turns out most western countries have passed the point where the average citizen is smart enough to tell fact from fiction.
All of these people whose sole source of information about brexit (or US presidential candidates) comes from tv, blogs, and social networks — all 3 designed to sell ads — are easily manipulated.
When this manipulation comes from outside sources who have a vested interest in the destruction or degradation of democratic institutions, it’s a problem that needs to be worried about.
That you don’t get it, shows short term thinking. These are chickens that are going to come home to roost 50 years later.
>What you’re missing is that democracies only work with an informed electorate.
You can't have that in a state that priorities protecting its own secrets as a matter of security.
"Finally, another important right in any free society is the liberty to contribute to the Public Good. But for this to happen, it must be possible to make the state of affairs in society known to one and all, and everyone must be free to express their thoughts about it. Where this is lacking, liberty is not worth its name." - Peter Forsskål
All of these people whose sole source of information about brexit (or US presidential candidates) comes from tv, blogs, and social networks — all 3 designed to sell ads — are easily manipulated.
When this manipulation comes from outside sources who have a vested interest in the destruction or degradation of democratic institutions, it’s a problem that needs to be worried about.
That you don’t get it, shows short term thinking. These are chickens that are going to come home to roost 50 years later.