We always have, from the American Revolution onwards.
That’s a very good question, he is referencing political bias and he has results that seem blatant and pretty easily measured. Which candidate appears first in searches, who were shown “go vote” reminders etc. I haven’t read it all yet, but I found his methodology here-
Supposedly, Appendix II of that link. But Appendix II describes the methodology of the SEME experiment, not the methodology of determining bias. I don't deny the value of the former, but would also like the latter.
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Disagree. Google's use of democracy is a threat to our republic. Democracy is their bought and paid for tool to control the people. With democracy, they don't need to fool everyone to control everyone. They only need to fool 50% +1 and if you dare step out of line then you are labeled an enemy of democracy. Everyone repeating that we are a democracy and 'X' is a threat to democracy is repeating what Google is telling them to repeat. For those like Google, it is far easier to sway popular opinion than it is to change the US Constitution so it is in their interest to make popular opinion the source of power.IMO Google is the biggest threat to our "democracy"- This internal google video called the seflish ledger is so disturbing
Google’s Selfish Ledger is an unsettling vision of Silicon Valley social engineering
How total data collection could reshape society.
I guess the question might be should people be allowed to have control over their own thoughts? Is having control over our own thoughts a democratic principle or is it something else?
Humans have never had control over their own thoughts. We are always influenced by our surroundings.
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Ya it certainly evolved to radio, news media outlets, and now search engines. Googles reach is unprecedented.
I like the quote that there are no solutions only trade offs. I think we should be frantically looking for other potential options.
So we're NOT a Constitutional Republic?
We are a federal democratic constitutional republic. You could call us a federal republic, or a constitutional republic, or democratic republic and not be wrong. Our legislative branch is a representative democracy but that branch is only a piece of the government and so it would be technically incorrect to call the United States a representative democracy because the judicial branch definitely is not and the executive branch is currently a weird hybrid. Those arguing the United States is a representative democracy nearly always falsely point to the legislative branch as if it were the whole government.
As "democracy" is used in modern political parlance, we are a democracy.
