Comment on How Elites Could Shape Mass Preferences as AI Reduces Persuasion Costs
beetus@lemmy.world 5 days agoWho are those with “a lot of money to throw at it” that are not the elites?
Comment on How Elites Could Shape Mass Preferences as AI Reduces Persuasion Costs
beetus@lemmy.world 5 days agoWho are those with “a lot of money to throw at it” that are not the elites?
Fusselwurm@feddit.org 4 days ago
Some people with a lot of money who want to change politics in a given country do NOT belong to that country’s elites. To name some of the most prominent examples – think (dis)information campaigns by individuals like Mohammed bin Salman, Vladimir Putin or Rupert Murdoch.
Conversely, member of cultural elites can often be quite poor (journalists, artists).
beetus@lemmy.world 4 days ago
We are operating with different definitions, I guess. Vladimir Putin absolutely is a Russian “elite” under my world view.
Fusselwurm@feddit.org 3 days ago
oh, right. - i was under the impression we were talking about the elites among their respective societies.