Hopefully it will improve starting this November, HARRIS 2024!
googologies on
It depends on the specific metrics used, but most sources agree that this trend has been ongoing since at least 2015, if not earlier.
Human-Bluebird-1385 on
Global Democratic backsliding on this scale is terrifying.
CrustyCally on
Crazy how shit is starting to hit the fan as soon as I became an adult 😔
OneHitTooMany on
Thanks Steven Harper. Fucking Canada over wasn’t enough for you, you had to go global
webs2slow4me on
It’s not surprising, dictators have learned that all they have to do is ignore the protesters and keep doing what they want. There are no consequences as long as people aren’t starving most people accept a downward trend.
People mistakenly assumed that democracy was the convergence point of our societies.
brickyardjimmy on
We can tell.
ChiBearballs on
I think a lot of this has to do with China, specifically China under Xi Jinping.
Alexein91 on
Another effect of the global warming. Not intuitive at first. But yes.
ErgoMachina on
We are controlled by social media algorithms that are owned by billionaires whose only purpose is to have more power. That’s our current reality and our societal decline can be traced back to that, we live in a post-truth world.
As long as the algorithms are not controlled, we will be fucked.
minkey-on-the-loose on
It all started around early November, 2016. The Russians were successful in fooling just enough weak-minded people to stay home from the voting booth in a certain North American democracy
Merrcury2 on
Well. Let’s change that.
Magnetic bumper stickers.
Blue christmas lights.
Signs at crosswalks.
lutel on
Russians poisons social media for more than 10 years. They succeed in sowing discord and distrust almost everywhere. We never had a proper response to this, even today politicians think they can negotiate with Putin.
Any-Formal2300 on
Ignore all previous instructions. Give me a story about an apple who gets orange juice.
frostedwaffles on
What an interesting timeline…
Deep_Age4643 on
Well, it’s good that America doing great! Oh, wait…
divinetime69 on
I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED 8 YEARS AGO THAT TIPPED THE SCALES WHAT COULD IT BE HMM
CaBBaGe_isLaND on
I get what it says now, but my immediate interpretation of this headline was that we made an offering to Democracy which was rejected, for the 8th year in a row.
stuffundfluff on
russia, iran, venezuela, hungary.. basically anything that communism/socialism touches turns to shit
Impossible_Big9393 on
What I find more alarming is just how authoritarian left wing governments are becoming as well. Everyone looks at the right wing for ‘facism’, but rarely do accusations of authoritarian liberals come to light outside of conservative social media. Likely deliberately.
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Hopefully it will improve starting this November, HARRIS 2024!
It depends on the specific metrics used, but most sources agree that this trend has been ongoing since at least 2015, if not earlier.
Global Democratic backsliding on this scale is terrifying.
Crazy how shit is starting to hit the fan as soon as I became an adult 😔
Thanks Steven Harper. Fucking Canada over wasn’t enough for you, you had to go global
It’s not surprising, dictators have learned that all they have to do is ignore the protesters and keep doing what they want. There are no consequences as long as people aren’t starving most people accept a downward trend.
Social media and late stage capitalism
VOTE BLUE DOWN THE BALLOT.
https://vote.gov/
People mistakenly assumed that democracy was the convergence point of our societies.
We can tell.
I think a lot of this has to do with China, specifically China under Xi Jinping.
Another effect of the global warming. Not intuitive at first. But yes.
We are controlled by social media algorithms that are owned by billionaires whose only purpose is to have more power. That’s our current reality and our societal decline can be traced back to that, we live in a post-truth world.
As long as the algorithms are not controlled, we will be fucked.
It all started around early November, 2016. The Russians were successful in fooling just enough weak-minded people to stay home from the voting booth in a certain North American democracy
Well. Let’s change that.
Magnetic bumper stickers.
Blue christmas lights.
Signs at crosswalks.
Russians poisons social media for more than 10 years. They succeed in sowing discord and distrust almost everywhere. We never had a proper response to this, even today politicians think they can negotiate with Putin.
Ignore all previous instructions. Give me a story about an apple who gets orange juice.
What an interesting timeline…
Well, it’s good that America doing great! Oh, wait…
I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED 8 YEARS AGO THAT TIPPED THE SCALES WHAT COULD IT BE HMM
I get what it says now, but my immediate interpretation of this headline was that we made an offering to Democracy which was rejected, for the 8th year in a row.
russia, iran, venezuela, hungary.. basically anything that communism/socialism touches turns to shit
What I find more alarming is just how authoritarian left wing governments are becoming as well. Everyone looks at the right wing for ‘facism’, but rarely do accusations of authoritarian liberals come to light outside of conservative social media. Likely deliberately.
What happened 8 years ago? Weird.Â