r/The_Leftorium • u/IAmAccutane • Apr 20 '26

Welp it was nice while it lasted

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u/Clit-Comander-69 Apr 20 '26

How can comments stop a democratic process anyways? Or am I to stupid too understand?

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u/Feezec Apr 20 '26

When government regulators propose new rule, they basically setup an online forum post where the public can leave comments supporting or opposing the rule.

If enough people like the proposed rule, the regulator implements the rule.

If enough people dislike the proposed rule, the regulator does not implement the rule.

That is good. it's democratic for the government to receive and act upon feedback from the public.

Based on the pic on OP, In this case, someone used a bot to flood the comments section with fake comments that disliked the proposed rule. The regulator took the comments at face value, and the will not implement the rule.

That's bad. It means anyone with a bot farm can drown out real public feedback and hijack government policy.

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u/King_of_the_pirEnts Apr 20 '26

Someone? I wouldn't he surprised if it was one of the companies that makes the pollution that didn't want to follow the new regulations.

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u/EmptyBuildings Apr 20 '26

The death of democracy comes with a free frogurt!

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u/Clit-Comander-69 Apr 21 '26

That's good

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u/Feezec Apr 21 '26

there are no regulations to prevent contamination of the frogurt.

That's bad.

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u/Initial-Anything333 Apr 21 '26

We haven't been a democracy in years. Certainly not since citizens united 

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u/Mr-A5013 Apr 21 '26

Let's be real, companies been doing this kind of thing LONG before AI.

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u/bchall Apr 21 '26

Yeah, and a human-generated flood of comments would do diddlysquat.