Why not Plebiscites, updated for the technological age, could function as a mass interface: swipe-based decisions on budgets and policy, where governance emerges from an aggregated collective consciousness rather than elite mediation… thoughts?

With the em dashes I see you. But at this point idrc so long as it reads well. Everyone uses spell check…

I add em dashes to everything I write now, solely to throw people who look for them off. Lots of editors add them automatically when you have two sequential dashes between words — a common occurrence, like that one. And this is is Chrome on iOS doing it automatically.

Ooh, I used “sequential”, ooh, I used an em dash. ZOMG AI IS COMING FOR US ALL

Anyone demonstrating above a high-school vocabulary/reading level is obviously a machine.

Ya—in fact, globally replaced on iOS (sent from Safari)

Also for reference: “this shortcut can be toggled using the switch labeled 'Smart Punctuation' in General > Keyboard settings.”

I also use Em-Dashes, this is about how weird the thing is tonally