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[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago

Right, there's nothing wrong with disagreement because it just means people have different perspectives. Discussing these perspectives in a civilized fashion creates a more complete understanding for everybody. That's what debates are meant for, people present their positions and defend them, so that the counterparty can point out problems or inconsistencies. And through this process you build shared understanding of things.

But when debate happens in our media is just a spectacle of idiots yelling at one another and talking over each other incoherently. And that's presented as providing different views. There's no depth, no substance, and no actual debate happening. It's just a bunch of people yelling I'm right.

And that's a broader problem in the media too now where there's no more investigative journalism. The media outlets simply parrot whatever the official narrative is, there's no analysis, no historical context, and no push back. In a sense, the only real debate happening is the one between mainstream and social media. And, in a way, it's kind of hilarious how regular people do a better job explaining things now than professional news outlets. Hence why social media is winning the debate.

[-] Paragone@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

This is why visual-spacial Issue-Diagrams need to become THE standard for debate:

Emotional-political-force's winning, though video/bullying/etc can't produce better-quality results.

It's a systems-question, not "lack of political-will".

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this post was submitted on 02 May 2026
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