Yes, I believe the reason we have got to this point is the destruction of institutions such as the press.

Historically the press had pushed narratives controlled by state elites who also had a vested interest in the state wellbeing.

Today these are pushed by foreign entities or the more extreme the more engagement.

That's why conspiracy theories replaced established truths, the populist left believes in anti-state slogans such as "defund the police" and the populist right wants to destroy the supreme court

AI alignment might return the elites controlled narratives which were apparently crucial for democracy

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raw_anon_1111 3 hours ago | parent [-]

You realize you are being part of the problem that fell for the same talking points you accuse others of right?

The “leftists” were arguing to demilitarize the police and spend money on mental health programs and when someone is having a mental health crisis, send someone trained to help the person instead of trigger happy untrained police who don’t know how to de escalate

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breppp 3 hours ago | parent [-]

It is the same thing, it's taking institutions of the democratic state and dismantling them

exactly like trump's attack on the supreme court which could also be explained with excuses such as "a non elected institution is trying to curb the will of the people", and that's just the top off my head

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raw_anon_1111 2 hours ago | parent [-]

So now you’re in favor of the state having a militarize police force who already has qualified immunity to take your life unjustly?

And if you haven’t been paying attention, Trump loves the current Supreme Court

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breppp 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Generally yes, I believe a democratic country without a working police force will implode.

In my limited understanding of US politics the supreme court has a history of overriding Trump's actions as he generally favors overreach as a tactic

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raw_anon_1111 2 hours ago | parent [-]

No one said “not to have a police force”. They said not to have a militarized unaccountable police force. Three of the nine members of the Supreme Court were appointed by Trump and three other justices are conservative. They almost always rule in his favor and have given him unprecedented power

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breppp an hour ago | parent [-]

the slogan is "Defund the police" not "eliminate the police force militarization" or "realign police funding to mental health". It is an anti-institution rally call.

The fact that Trump has appointed Justices does not make Trump's attacks on the supreme court whenever they cancel any of his radical programs less real.

You are trying to argue that he shouldn't attack the supreme court, while I am arguing destroying institutions is ingrained into populism

	▲	raw_anon_1111 21 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I am saying he hasn’t attack the Supreme Court and you are factually incorrect.