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I agree with your opinions, and sympathize with the chronic downvoting and excessive moderating meted out here. There's little difference between the left and

I agree with your opinions, and sympathize with the chronic downvoting and excessive moderating meted out here. There's little difference between the left and right these days, they've moved so far extreme that their underlying philosophies have started to align. One such is mob like bullying of corporations, and hysterical outrage. Be it Nike & Kapernick, or __corp_advertizer__ and Ben Shapiro, tribalism and herd behavior have been amplified by the internet. That has unleashed baser instincts of retribution, and when network effects and scale do to retribution what they do to the viral spread and adoption of Uber or Facebook, all hell is unleashed on the afflicted, regardless of the gravity of their crime. The internet was supposed to free our minds, not pile-on the moderately guilty, at scales VCs salivate over.

kstenerud 8y ago
This is mostly an American phenomenon. Outsiders tend to look on with bemusement, but it's actually a very serious problem due to America's historical ethical leadership (despite the failures), and their current global influence. Like it or not, their example has far reaching effects the world over. I just hope that they can get out of this polar ideological warfare mindset before it goes too far. They may have lost the moral high ground, but they're still far removed from a rogue state. There's a real danger from Russian cyber campaigns to divide and confuse. These are far more dangerous to national security than the IP theft China engages in. Certain nations would love to help America fall from grace.