Comment on Unsealed Court Documents Show Teen Addiction Was Big Tech's "Top Priority"

ZephyrXero@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The two options always seem to be:

  • Option 1: Do the thing that expands the hyper-surveillance police state.

  • Option 2: Do nothing and wait for the problem to get worse, until you’re compelling to accept Option 1.

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  • ceenote@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Which is why we need to replace the people deciding what the options are.

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    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Belling the Cat

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      • My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        This is why I hate all the superhero movies of the past 20 years. Their ubiquity has made people subconsciously believe someone else out there with super powers will come to save the day, so it’s okay to continue sitting back helplessly and waiting.

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      • avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        TIL

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    • MalReynolds@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yah, their fallacy is false dichotomy.

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  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Option 3: Detonate a nuclear warhead in Arasaka HQ.

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    • lemming@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CCTV_video_of_Brian_Thompson_being_killed.webm

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