No person can be fully objective, and many powerful people act in their self-interest. Our disagreement is over the degree to which publicly available information can be believed, whether incorrect information in the media results from human error and bias — that most try to overcome — or from deliberate manipulation, and how much the manipulation that exists is coordinated.

I agree that there are many things about various liberal democracies that need improvement. But I disagree that “raising awareness” in a manner that strengthens authoritarians relative to democracies advances that goal.

People should vote for whoever they want according to their preferences. However, they should also be cognizant of the real-world effects of the choices before them. Anyone who argued that there was no difference between Clinton and Trump has been proven wrong many times over the last year, with net neutrality and the tax bill that just passed the Senate as recent examples.

(I’m glad you liked the article. Thanks for reading and commenting).