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glass_superman t1_itpvcdm wrote

Technology is a force multiplier, true, but it works for all sides and it's owned by the wealthy. I'm skeptical of it.

Facebook helped organize the people voting for Donald Trump and Brexit.

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eliyah23rd t1_itq2cup wrote

I'm here because of the content that people like you and I create. Without that content, there is no value. Yes, it is owned by concentrations of wealth.

This technology is not going away. It will evolve. I don't see a choice but to talk about how we can move it in positive directions. I see no harm in proposing practical solutions and letting them get ripped apart, until some good proposals come up that lots of people are willing to get behind.

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VitriolicViolet t1_itsktsv wrote

>Technology is a force multiplier, true, but it works for all sides and it's owned by the wealthy. I'm skeptical of it.

you should be, by definition a force multiplier helps those with the most influence.

who will have greater reach in a grassroots movement? you or Bezos?

it most certainly did help with trump, brexit, iraq, attempting to make the West want war with China and us voting to dismantle our own nations (look at the West, funny how we are all on a similiar trajectory isnt it?)

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glass_superman t1_itsqsvc wrote

Great point that last one. Why is it that idiot leaders just pop up in every country simultaneously? Because it's all one big global game.

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Amphy64 t1_itpyvkv wrote

Much of the UK old Labour left backed Brexit and always had, it was seen as aiming at systemic change.

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