{"id":719235,"date":"2026-10-20T11:27:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T11:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/?p=719235"},"modified":"2026-10-20T11:27:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T11:27:03","slug":"nicusor-dan-it-has-become-extremely-cheap-to-pay-for-a-thousand-voices-to-drown-out-a-legitimate-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/?p=719235","title":{"rendered":"Nicu\u0219or Dan: It has become extremely cheap to pay for a thousand voices to drown out a legitimate voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"28.954781319496\">\n<div class=\"sgb-google-buttons\">\n<div class=\"display-flex justify-center google-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"mg-x-auto\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" src=\"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/nicusor-dan-it-has-become-extremely-cheap-to-pay-for-a-thousand-voices-to-drown-out-a-legitimate-voice.png\" alt><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p id=\"p-0\">\u201cHow do we ensure that the fundamental principle of democracy\u2014one person, one voice, one vote\u2014is upheld, while obviously preserving freedom of expression and freedom of association? Because we\u2019re seeing that it has become extremely cheap to pay for a thousand voices to drown out a legitimate one,\u201d Nicu\u0219or Dan said Tuesday at the \u201cRule of Law Forum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-1\">He pointed out that one of the major challenges for democracy is communication on social media.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-2\">The head of state also spoke about the importance of dialogue and compromise in reaching consensus, warning that a society in which each group remains in its own bubble cannot build functional democratic mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-3\">\u201cBoth protest and outcry are legitimate democratic means, and they must be used. However, dialogue is also needed, and compromise is also needed to reach consensus,\u201d the president stated.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-4\">Referring to the rule of law, Nicu\u0219or Dan said that it must be understood in terms of how institutions function, the level of corruption, and the ability of institutions to monitor and hold each other accountable in order to prevent abuses.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHow do we ensure that the fundamental principle of democracy\u2014one person, one voice, one vote\u2014is upheld, while obviously preserving freedom of expression and freedom of association? Because we\u2019re seeing that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/?p=719235\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":719236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=719235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/719236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=719235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=719235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microscopemedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=719235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}