This is not wrong, and shows a clear limit to the effectiveness of education in saving liberal democracy: "If we think that the big problem is disinformation, which might persuade individuals that what is false is in fact true, we are likely to look to one set of remedies. If we think of the problem as malformed publics, then we are in much bigger trouble, without any very obvious technical fixes." In particular, "What purports to be a collective phenomena; the 'voice of the people' is actually in private hands; is, to a very great extent shaped by two extremely powerful individuals." And "Can democracy work, if a couple of highly atypical men exercise effective control over large swathes of the public space?" Via the Fediverse Report.
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