Socrates
2025-02-03 21:14:51 UTC
Destroying Democracy.
Nearly 85% of Americans across the political spectrum say that political
discourse has become less respectful, and almost 80% think it has also
become less truthful, according to a 2023 Pew Research Center survey. A
majority say politics makes us “angry.” When those surveyed were asked
to describe our politics, the most popular responses were “divisive” and
“corrupt.”
This isn’t who we are – or, more accurately, this isn’t our doing.
Political rancor is being stirred up and magnified in our system by
profit-driven social media technologies and an electoral system awash in
corporate money. The result is a public sphere that has become
inhospitable to the careful, pluralistic deliberation that makes
democracy work.
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2025-01-14/how-social-media-is-polluting-our-public-spaces-and-devastating-democracy
Nearly 85% of Americans across the political spectrum say that political
discourse has become less respectful, and almost 80% think it has also
become less truthful, according to a 2023 Pew Research Center survey. A
majority say politics makes us “angry.” When those surveyed were asked
to describe our politics, the most popular responses were “divisive” and
“corrupt.”
This isn’t who we are – or, more accurately, this isn’t our doing.
Political rancor is being stirred up and magnified in our system by
profit-driven social media technologies and an electoral system awash in
corporate money. The result is a public sphere that has become
inhospitable to the careful, pluralistic deliberation that makes
democracy work.
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2025-01-14/how-social-media-is-polluting-our-public-spaces-and-devastating-democracy