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Would it increase their influence? Would hate rags like the Daily Mail find themselves with more influence? Or would people start to cotton onto the fact that nothing they suggest improves anything?

Absolutely it would, just look how Cambridge Analytica influenced the Brexit vote, it was basically brainwashing. But that's happened now, it's history and could be taught in schools if it hadn't been swept under the rug...

But that's the thing, "Western Democracy" could flourish because we would have all the debates on the public forums with the outside interference from other states and our own propaganda campaigns going too.

It would still be Politics, but with less Politicians.