Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉3d ago

This is an amazing thread, holy shit.

https://bsky.app/profile/eliothiggins.bsky.social/post/3mitbqzpvhk2x

Eliot Higgins (@eliothiggins.bsky.social)

🧵 Democracy feels like it's in a rough state at the moment across the globe, and we hear various explanations, like polarisation, extremism, disinformation, and loss of trust. But what if those explanations are mainly symptoms and we've been trying to treat them rather than the underlying causes?

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@Migueldeicaza he references two modern academics, but this same discussion about the value of experts and the value of communication first happened 2500 years ago in Plato’s Republic.
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