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Maybe that Plato guy had a point about democracy damn
Democracies are very vulnerable to propaganda. I'm not sure what the solution is, though.
Education is a good solution to most problems.
except it wont work on the anti-intellectuals or "percieved disenfranchised" people.
Obviously if you already failed at educating people that's hard to fix later. So children education should be the focus.
Yeah but look at how dumb the people who want to end it are. I think it's just that the powerful are stupid
Because monarchs and nobles never made terrible decisions?
Not saying the alternatives are better, I propose we be ruled by tiktok monarchs, only those who have properly consumed enough tiktok slop shall be worthy of leading us to greatness.