• orrk@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    well in the German system it’s independent of the government, but honestly, populism is still worse, because you will get the same radicalizing pressures, but with “negative contributions” you now turned media into a winner take propaganda institution, ironically making the “manufactured consent” truth

      • orrk@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 months ago

        if you allow people to “contribute negatively” then the largest unified block can and will out “negatively spend” other blocks, driving said “oppositional media” out of business.