There is an interesting parallel to this in the way many people disengage from participation in the democratic process. It is called the Death Spiral of Democracy (* link below). People become disillusioned with the over-representation of special interest groups in politics, so they disengage from involvement. Reduced participation in the democratic process leaves more room for special interest groups to push their agendas. This further feeds voter disillusionment and the cycle drags government further from the democratic ideal.
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It definitely is for me! It’s one of my main (online) social outlets at the moment. I have certainly retreated from the larger Web into my cozy, tiny tilde.town.
There is an interesting parallel to this in the way many people disengage from participation in the democratic process. It is called the Death Spiral of Democracy (* link below). People become disillusioned with the over-representation of special interest groups in politics, so they disengage from involvement. Reduced participation in the democratic process leaves more room for special interest groups to push their agendas. This further feeds voter disillusionment and the cycle drags government further from the democratic ideal.
Nice link, dozens!
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Can you use your browser’s private mode to view it?
Good call. Didn’t think of that. Here’s an archive:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190717145658/https://onezero.medium.com/the-dark-forest-theory-of-the-internet-7dc3e68a7cb1?gi=d272d1fa2701
Medium is such a terrible little walled garden of its own now…
Yep… Speaking of dark forests…
Interestingly, the tilde verse, I believe would count as one too.
It definitely is for me! It’s one of my main (online) social outlets at the moment. I have certainly retreated from the larger Web into my cozy, tiny tilde.town.