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minus-squarenialv7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoCan someone assure me democracy is actually good? All I see is people constantly being against things are clearly good for them…
minus-squareDaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·15 hours agoA democracy needs informed citizens. Poor education and manipulation from politicians makes it easy to fool someone in to voting against their own interests.
minus-squarejimmy90@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·15 hours agomost of all media needs to be about truth and authenticity freedom of speech and anonymity fundamentalists don’t recognise the threat to democracy equally censorship and doxxing is also bad for democracy there must be a balance and at the moment it is far too tipped towards liars
minus-squaredeWafelMan@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·1 day agoDemocracy is a bad way to govern. Problem is, all other ways are even worse.
Can someone assure me democracy is actually good? All I see is people constantly being against things are clearly good for them…
A democracy needs informed citizens. Poor education and manipulation from politicians makes it easy to fool someone in to voting against their own interests.
most of all media needs to be about truth and authenticity
freedom of speech and anonymity fundamentalists don’t recognise the threat to democracy
equally censorship and doxxing is also bad for democracy
there must be a balance and at the moment it is far too tipped towards liars
Democracy is a bad way to govern. Problem is, all other ways are even worse.