carlosdiazruiz.com
Associate Professor at Hanken in Finland. I write about the consumer culture and advertising markets that allow disinformation to thrive on social media.
Author of the book "Market-Oriented Disinformation Research."
https://www.carlosdiazruiz.com
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Thousands and thousands do. Of course, they all paraphrase slight variations of the same message, and use almost identical emojis. Their AI generated thumbnails are just a sign of how human they are.
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Is the NYT still in its “this possibly raises ethical concerns” phase?
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What we learn from this? Perhaps that confirmation hearings are useless?
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You should check my research paper on the flat earth conspiracy theory. It explains that your point is just one out of three elements of that conspiracy. But at the end the necessary condition is an identity-led controversy that fuels culture wars
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The counterfactual would be that Truth Social hurts Trumpists (which it doesn't), and that X hurts Musk and crypto-libertarians (which it doesn't).
Also, wasn't it an article by McArdle that contextualized Musk's Nazi salute? Yes, she wrote that column.
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The second group clearly does not understand how corporative politics in Mexico were carefully developed for over 70 years by the PRI, and are now repurposed by MORENA.
There is a reason why politicians always vote in blocks in Mexico; they owe their “hueso” to the party.
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Hats off to this masterful lede.
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You are right!
But joke aside, back in the day, maybe the ideology of the far right was an "academic" topic suitable for obscure conferences, but asking in 2025 about how the far right has shifted ideologies is kitchen-table chat.
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I really wanted to know what the differences are since you wrote the book, but I suppose you're right: Let's return to screaming into the void.
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If you were to place the three main similarities/differences between the ideologies, then/now, what would they be?
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As @ericlipton.nytimes.com said, terms matter.
Political corruption doesn't mean bribing; it does not require "quid pro quo." It can mean favoritism for allies' businesses. It also means abusing power to remain in power.
Read how they do it in Africa.
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According to Amundsen, some people use ‘political corruption’ too narrowly = quid pro quo (only).
It is "extractive" when political power-holders are enriching themselves or their allies. It is an abuse of power ‘to get the money in’. It includes ‘privatisations’ to favour their own businesses.
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It is a bot. Farming likes and posting memes.
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"Poor Mexico, so far from God, so close to the United States." - Porfirio Diaz
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A reasonable estimate, but I would go a bit further. I would guess that around half of Republicans think that a police officer can determine who gets constitutional rights and who doesn't just by looking at them.
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I wrote about it in detail in my book "Market-Oriented Disinformation Research," which explains that, at the core, disinformation is not a fight about facts, but about power and money to control narratives.
It is Open Access, so you can read it online for free
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I can definitely agree with that.
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Did you know that the US government does not allow the CDC to research the epidemic of gun violence, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) is not allowed to have a database of guns?
It is very much on brand to defund disinformation research.
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You can read a detailed analysis at www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/nati...
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Judge Wilkinson: "If today the Executive claims the right to deport without due process and in disregard of court orders, what assurance will there be tomorrow that it will
not deport American citizens and then disclaim responsibility to bring them home?" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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5/ If you are related to #adtech or #digitalmarketing, please read the Adalytics report of how the industry funds the worst content online.
adalytics.io/blog/adtech-...