• Kühlschrank@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Yep and yet they won’t because it’s incredibly convenient for them to be able to maintain that kind of control while disavowing it at the same time.

    • Vupware@lemmy.zip
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      5 days ago

      The proliferation of doublethink within the last ten years has been incredibly frightening.

      • tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works
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        Social media echo chambers made us tolerant to extreme opinions and irrational ideas presented as facts. Nobody fights back against bullshit anymore.

    • FauxLiving@lemmy.world
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      The point is that this would force them to show their hand. Either they will exercise control in this situation or they won’t.

      If they don’t, problem solved; and, if they do then we know who the problem is.