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>The internet will almost certainly spawn a social movement to destroy the class system in the US. If the last two years have shown anything, it's that the "co
by PopsiclePete 9y ago
>The internet will almost certainly spawn a social movement to destroy the class system in the US.
If the last two years have shown anything, it's that the "common man" in America is extremely susceptible to cheap propaganda and misinformation.
Half the country would happily watch the entire thing burn down as long as "their team" is doing the burning.
The "plebs", so to speak, have never been more controlled than they are today. If anything, I'm more pessimistic than ever.
Powerful interests will be able to harness the massive amounts of data collected by social media to carefully formulate and craft the exact message they want to control who they want and people who I thought would easily see through that are now completely brainwashed into believing things that they would have laughed at 20 years ago.
The rich will be fine, and the poor will eat each other alive, just as they're told to by the other rich men on the TV.
- jstewartmobile 9y agoCNN and FOX as living proof. Give people whatever disinformation they're inclined to believe to sell them advertised pills to treat maladies they picked up at the advertised restaurants--along with a side of advertised crap investments in the hopes of paying for the rest. Since it's broadcast, we at least know what they're up to. It keeps them relatively honest. Compare that to Google/FB where each person gets a catered experience. It would take an immense effort in data collection and analysis to find out just how hard they're screwing everyone. Going by all of the online scams I've had to ward friends and family away from (which came up on page-one Google searches BTW), my guess would be "very hard".