>So this cannot be a differentiating aspect.
Now explain that nuance to an 80 yr old law maker who hates the damn email.
Now explain that nuance to an 80 yr old law maker who hates the damn email.
It's actually the same as the average age of voting-age French citizens, so they are quite representative on this regard.
They hate social media because it gives people the power to talk in public about them with near impunity. They want to go back to the old days when if you wrote a letter to the newspaper about potential corruption or wrongdoing among the "more equal animals" you'd get pulled over for a light out whenever you went through that town for the next 20yr.
If you think you have even near impunity on social media, I have a bridge to sell you. Even a town to go with it.
I specifically said "near" impunity. If you do something bad enough they'll come after you but even then if your gripes are legitimate that's likely to amplify it.
Surely you're not honestly claiming that there is not a significant practical difference between modern internet criticism and the old ways when messaging that could reach the broad public was far thoroughly gated by people and things that had more stake in the power structure.
But even now, a lot of messages are lost on the internet. And the internet is only decentralized for messages propagation, not for access.