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Why Social Media Isn't Changing Democracy
i think social media like causes us to be too alarmist about everything all the time, and thus not alarmists enough about the things that really matter. And i want to make sure that if i'm asking people to give their time and effort and money, than it's to causes that they can bring about change. I don't know what the sort of effect is of people sort of tuning in and seeing the, you know, everyone has their hair on fire about something, a legitimate thing, but then forty eight hours later, it's like it never happened. It's hard because sometimes shit really scares me. ia like, yo, i'm pretty alarmed about the state of democracy