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Comment by logicchains | original | Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private
[−]logicchains · 2026-08-30 Sun 10:15 UTC · link
No it doesn't, democracy means rule by all the people not rule by some educated elite.
[−]spacedcowboy · 2026-08-30 Sun 10:22 UTC · link
Two things:

- Education is not "elite", it's open to all.

- Informed is not "educated".

Forcing political speech to be truthful (or at least have a reasonable expectation of being truthful) with serious consequences (jail time) for knowingly lying would go a long way to counter the misinformation that caused Brexit.

[−]lores · 2026-08-30 Sun 10:25 UTC · link
"Educated" and "informed" aren't the same.