I think “Facebook broke democracy” is the most widely-believed conspiracy theory I’ve seen in my lifetime. Trying to think of others that come close?
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If you think it broke it because of a specific event (eg tampering) then yes. If you think it broke it because it changed a certain behavior (eg people became more extreme and pushed into echo chambers) then you have to decide if that’s a part of the system or not
I wouldn’t classify people getting more extreme as breaking of democracy. When I hear “Facebook broke democracy,” I assume that people mean it fundamentally corrupted the democratic process.
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Then I don’t think that’s actually a widely held belief, but maybe I’m wrong
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You should visit India (largest democracy) and count the number of attacks on minority and
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People getting extreme and dividing is exactly the historical weakness of democracies and republics. Being able to scale division through ad targeting is corrupting the democratic process, since public discussion is *the* core process.
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