This you?
You see, this is the problem with empty promises. From whale investors, or from political actors — digital democracy or not. There’s no stake in the game. There’s nothing but reputation and legitimacy to lose by lying. The court of public opinion in the PoH will ultimately decide.
Atleast there’s a paper trail that digital investigative journalist like myself can uncover.
Civil society in PoH is nascent. In addition to division of powers between legislative, judicial, and exectuvie (PoH, Kleros, Governor) branches of government, there is a critical and vital fourth estate, the press. Core to any functioning democracy — digital democracy or otherwise — is a free press.
It’s shocking that Santi, a digital politician, would try to silence me, a digital journalist, on this forum, as Santi deleted my account and posts in the HIP-49 thread.
Fear of persecution from a mob led by a politician is precisely why journalists like myself need the protections of anonymity. When we speak truth to power, we need the anonymity layer to prevent mob attacks by populist leaders who spend most of their time tweeting and on social media (eg. Trump).