Democracy and the algorithm

"The voice of democracy will not be silenced by the techno-oligarchs "of the algorithm," says Pedro Sánchez in a new and defiant display. Two weeks ago, it was immigration, the far right's preferred bogeyman for mobilizing the public. The president announced the regularization of all those who have been here for at least five months. Recognition of the rights and dignity of Abascal and Vox, and the indignation of the PP, with their usual pathetic argument: they come to take jobs from citizens and dilute the essential values ​​of the nation. Steps in the challenge. By announcing the removal of minors under 16 from social media, he has provoked a furious reaction from Elon Musk and company, canonical representatives of the contempt for the population by those who consider them fodder for exploitation. It seems evident that the unrestrained use and exploitation of the digital space that certain companies intend to control, from the logic of a society where anything goes as long as it benefits them, given the scale it is acquiring, could become a real threat to the dignity of the human condition. People, the nihilistic principle of Everything is permitted. that prevails in the digital world exposes those who react with indignation against the president's announcement. They are the promoters and beneficiaries of networks where insolence reigns; where the notion of limits is conspicuously absent and places young people in a state of development within a delusional framework; where the idea of ​​values ​​and responsibility plummets; where the communication space is left in the hands of the so-called technocastewhere ignorance, impunity, and reactionary radicalization are fostered. And any warning about this reality seems worth heeding. It's not just Sánchez: the governments of France and Germany have also raised the need to stop the waste from the technocasteHowever daring it may seem to challenge the immeasurable power of social media promoters and everything that accompanies them.

Pedro Sánchez seems to have seen a glimmer of opportunity. Will a segment of society connect with his commitment to democratic revitalization, or will his image simply continue to fade, as some have long predicted? In any case, with these two initiatives—migration and the techno-oligarchy—he has shaken up the public sphere. It remains to be seen whether he will help to awaken a left wing that has lost touch with the people and reality. Is this a sign of the decline of conservative hegemony or a desperate attempt by a president to regain momentum? In any case, with or without him, it is a debate that should be unavoidable because it directly affects the human condition: can we imagine the future of a society hanging by a thread? technocasteIs there still time to avoid getting caught in the nets?