We don’t need a “hostile foreign entity”. Trump is doing that just fine all on his own.
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TangledHyphae@lemmy.world 6 months agoWould you rather a hostile foreign entity do it instead, who have vested interest in sewing destructive chaos as a goal, though? That’s the alternative.
Kalysta@lemm.ee 6 months ago
TangledHyphae@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What about Biden signing in the new spying bill recently that enhances wiretapping of US citizens?
Kalysta@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I completely missed this one. Gross.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Since we’re not denying that white oligarchs do it too, then giving consumers a choice as to which manipulated information they see is better than having just our goverment decide. Sowing chaos isn’t inherently bad - law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice, and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.
reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I mean, there’s a third alternative where manipulating us is illegal for anyone
card797@champserver.net 6 months ago
That’s just too vague to legislate. Stop talking to everyone because you’re being manipulated non-stop by everyone you know.
TangledHyphae@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I agree, wish this was the actual goal but it’s going to be hard to pry those rights out of their hands.
reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 6 months ago
if they were rights everyone would have them.