Yes but sometimes those simple and uneducated people are men like Diogenes, who become some of the most influential and poignant thinkers in European history.

Social media uses something called Astroturfing in media terms. The problem isn't that people are having their own opinions, but rather the opposite: They get spoonfed their opinions in a way that makes them think they're being informed and educated.

Greece was the birthplace of democracy, at least in Europe, for this very reason. It's a wonderful tradition, and these days you don't see the real authentic arguments, instead you see two sides of the same dichotomy.

Too many immigrants, or too few immigrants. Too high tax, or too low tax. Not enough war on terror, or too much war on terror.

A proper Greek argument would be tax or no tax, that's the radical tradition. By producing boundaries and limitations on the public consciousness we live in a world of binary discussions, 1 vs. 0. Golden Dawn vs. Anarchism.

And don't get me wrong, my conscience would side with anarchism, but on the other hand, anarchists always get taken over by fascists, so the end result is the same, I just get to be a martyr.

And that's the problem I think, and while you're certainly right that social media has permitted corporations to control public opinion more effectively, truth is that it started with the television. And some newspapers too, but there's been a lot of good newspapers as well in history.