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I'm not so sure. In the public sphere, certainly.

There remain many dark corners, where these pathologies flourish.

Social media just changed the landscape. Engagement maximizing algos birthed outrage cancel culture. It lets people find each other. It accelerates radicalization, both left and especially right leaning.

And the filter bubble keeps these things out of the public sphere.



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