I'm sorry it's like this, but the reality is that an all-consuming information machine where everyone spends six hours a day, and the messages that go viral are the ones that most effectively validate people's preexisting social resentments, is a machine for creating far-right mob rule.
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Evan Greer
I have a really hard time understanding people who genuinely think tools that make it possible for more people to speak and be heard are the number one thing killing Democracy.
Surveillance capitalism, sure.
Monopoly abuses, sure.
Algorithmic recommendations, yep.
Social media itself? Cmon
Surveillance capitalism, sure.
Monopoly abuses, sure.
Algorithmic recommendations, yep.
Social media itself? Cmon
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.....AND.....
MAGA is better at weaponizing it than the Left.