I think maybe democracy and cleansing have never been quite as closely associated as in this title, yet I also think that maybe it’s about time they are.
This past week or so, populations worldwide have been not only generally alarmed, but have indeed become bombarded with somewhat of a political frenzy. Hardly any of it can be called rational, but I will nonetheless try to make some sense of it.
On the face of it, the argument hardly holds water. Instead of a teapot filled with boiling water, perhaps a sieve filled with liquid glue might be a more appropriate analogy. Let’s take a look at the argument and see whether it holds up:
When voters vote for the wrong political party, that is a threat to our democracy.
No attribution, more or less out of “thin air”
This assertion completely baffles me. It is so nonsensical, even George Orwell might have had difficulty comprehending it.
What might be an adequate solution? To cleanse our democracy of such voters? To ban political parties someone considers “wrong“? Or maybe to simply abolish democracy altogether?
Perhaps I should point out that mainstream media has long since been cleansed from the hairy armpits of dissenting opinions. Mainstreaming has become mainstream. Markets are no longer managed by humans. Ordinary people do not show up in the mainstream. They have been Google-washed [1] — and Google is the Pope of the Internet (well, at least for its quasi-catholic believers). [2]
If someone points their finger at you and calls you “fake news”, wouldn’t you be inclined to cleanse that person?
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