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[Borg]

So what is the way out of this mess?

I wish that I knew. There are so many things that are driving society to extreme division that it's going to take something even more extreme to undo it. I would have thought that Trump passed that extremeness long ago but his followers just keep hanging in there in the face of all reality.

I've read a lot about how machine learning algorithms have created echo chambers on platforms like Facebook and have seen documentation of how foreign (and domestic) actors have used them to manipulate people. The current class of AI is going to potentially make it even worse. The administration (and Republicans in general) have had no reservations about using these tools to their advantage. Democrats are going to have to face the reality that not using them will mean fighting with both hands tied behind their backs.

 

[Patxitxi]

Same here, or in GB. Replacing the party leader is only a tool if someone is as mad and stupid as Trump is. We have what we call a "constructive vote of no confidence" when the opposition in parliament requires a check on whether the chancellor still has a majority. If not, then there are a few possibilities. Our president can, as it is in France, order someone else to build a majority, possibly in other constellations, or he can suspend the parliament if no other possibility is found and order new elections.

In comparison, the American parliament is a laughingstock.

Truth be told for many people in most of the remaining European elections in countries in which only two main parties exist is considered a bit of a joke.
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