Even if it is proven beyond any possible doubt, I do not believe that this will make any real difference in voting behaviour. I would like to believe that it does, but there have been so many more instances where this should have been the case, and it never happened.
It seems to me that the narrative in certain circles circles (especially the conservative subreddits, where it is possible to observe as an outsider) has settled so much that it will not be changed by anything.
Figuring out how to prevent democracy from veering off a cliff in this post-truth world is a challenge in my country as well, but it just seems so absurdly hopeless in the US, even if you take away the extreme amplification through (social) media.
The question with continued nudging is perhaps not which individual nudge pushes one off the cliff, but what can be done to recognize the harm in such nudging, in not addressing it timely and sufficiently, and bolstering against it. For instance, in the US super-majorities are not required for many significant and fundamental changes. This can be easily used to advertise it as democratic, while in practice, as some countries in Europe can demonstrate, is actually a danger. There are certain things that cannot be up for discussion in democracies, or else they become easy targets for their abolition or severe containment. Recognizing this apparent contradiction is key to the survival of democracy.
Scholar much smarter than I have laid this out, so I won't attempt it, but it seems to me that the discussion of how to keep democracy guaranteed and healthy is too absent.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 30.9 ms ] threadIt seems to me that the narrative in certain circles circles (especially the conservative subreddits, where it is possible to observe as an outsider) has settled so much that it will not be changed by anything.
Figuring out how to prevent democracy from veering off a cliff in this post-truth world is a challenge in my country as well, but it just seems so absurdly hopeless in the US, even if you take away the extreme amplification through (social) media.
Scholar much smarter than I have laid this out, so I won't attempt it, but it seems to me that the discussion of how to keep democracy guaranteed and healthy is too absent.