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wietse111.bsky.social • 3 days ago

My theory of the case is basically that social media reinforces things that make people angry, while being so decentralized that there are very few moderating (or factchecking) forces. What's happening now is that there are real issues which were always there, which are being (ab)used.

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dave12352432.bsky.social•3 days ago

So I remain unconvinced of how much of this affect is due to social media and how much is due to people real life situations. But I don't particularly object to this framing, what I object to about Stancils posts is the "you've never had it so good, there's nothing to complain about" framing.

wietse111.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm sort of conflicted? Because on the one hand, everything sucks and people are right to be mad. On the other hand, I think Stancil is correct that at least in terms of material wealth, most Americans objectively never had it so good.

dave12352432.bsky.social•3 days ago

On material wealth you're probably right, covid data artifacts and generally cautiousness make me hesitant to commit... Anyway this has been a pleasant disagreement!

dave12352432.bsky.social•3 days ago

And because I don't want to be accusing of arguing just about semantics this obviously has a direct impact on how you address these problems. Do you say "what we did works, we'll continue with that" or do you say "we did a lot in terrible conditions but theres so much more to do".

wietse111.bsky.social•3 days ago

I do very much agree with this! The second is far better messaging.

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