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POLITICSJun 6 · 11:00 UTCTHE ATLANTICJeffrey Rosen

American Democracy Wasn’t Designed for This

The article examines how the Founding Fathers designed American democracy with 18th-century communication tools in mind, but modern technologies like the internet, social media, and AI now challenge its foundations by enabling rapid misinformation spread and reducing deliberation. It questions whether the system can adapt to 21st-century information dynamics.

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