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> Social media allows us to highlight and amplify the information about our disagreements.

In theory.

In practice most people are too busy living their lifes and going through their struggles to voice anything. Leaving these platforms to be flooded by a vocal minority or worse, actors with an agenda.

This in turn provides a warped vision of reality to the 99% of non contributing 'listeners'.



Isn't that a description of traditional media?

Doesn't seem this is a fundamental change that caused the current divide. It's something deeper.


Traditional media would not be flooded with extreme right or extreme left, or conspiracy theories without any evidence backing.

The current Turner/Murdoch media in the US is definitely not my understanding of 'traditional' journalism of the likes of Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Reuters.


Turner/Murdoch is traditional journalism though. I see no reason why these wouldn't exist today even without the internet.




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