just saying billionaires manipulating shit has been the norm for ages, which is why we used to have media-ownership limits…repealed under Clinton iirc
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porcoesphino@mander.xyz 1 day agoHumans have been killing each other as long as we’ve existed isn’t an argument to avoid trying to make it happen less
IronBird@lemmy.world 1 day ago
pipi1234@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Agreed, but know they have tools that enable them to do it with unprecedented impact.
In my opinion, the difference is so huge, we might as well think they didn’t manipulate things at all before.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 minutes ago
Agreed, but now they have tools that enable them to do it with unprecedented impact.
Yes tools like TikTok that libs lobbied to hand to fascists. Now they want more of the same.
porcoesphino@mander.xyz 1 day ago
Yeah, by memory Rupert Murdoch had his hand at that and in Aus and the UK. I’d love to see that reined in again too
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 minutes ago
Murder =/= social media.
It’s pretty sad that I have to say this. People are really losing their minds of this “social media” hype.