Tag: Political Norms

The article discusses the idea that the story of Hanukkah and the Maccabees is often seen as a fight against assimilation, but a closer reading of the book of 1 Maccabees reveals a more complex understanding.
In this text, Yochai Benkler of Harvard University discusses the impact of social media on the spread of fake news and the erosion of political norms.
The text discusses how social media has distorted the truth, led to the spread of fake news, and contributed to the breakdown of political civility.