JA WestenbergThe social media billionaires want us to believe their putrid platforms are the “new town squares.”
That their half-baked social videos and for-you feeds have replaced the agora.
And that, somehow, we’re all better for it.
It’s the most overused, meaningless claim on the Internet.
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The False Promise of Digital Public Squares Was Always a Scam
The Ancient Greek agora was a place where students and citizens could freely gather, give speeches, engage in debate, and challenge each other. Yes, it was a marketplace, a commercial hub where merchants sold goods from permanent shops (stoas) and temporary market stalls. But it was so much more—a
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