Covid has shown the world that we can drown the world in bullshit. Before that, people used to care more and companies had a name to lose, now there’s just apathy and greed left.
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circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 7 months agoBut at a certain point, it’s still a cop out. And part of the trick. If you drown anyone in enough bullshit, you can’t expect it to all get called out – but that doesn’t mean it’s not all bullshit. It is divide and conquer in another form.
SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Carighan@lemmy.world 7 months ago
How so? You can’t work on everything at the same time. And the more immediate and direct an issue is, the more it needs your direct focus.
Meaning that issues such as dark patterns in cookie signups are automatically lowest-tier-ever-for-once-I-got-fuck-all-left-to-worry-about.
Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 7 months ago
There is no war other then class war. It all ties back into our way of life. People don’t like to think about it because it’s such a huge cultural and political shift, they can more easily imagine a post apocalyptic future then one where you aren’t exploited from cradle to grave.