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>What is it that blesses SV neo-something-or-other as the one true faction that has finally discovered the objective truth? They are self-anointed by nature of
by 50656E6973 7y ago
>What is it that blesses SV neo-something-or-other as the one true faction that has finally discovered the objective truth?
They are self-anointed by nature of being de facto gate keepers of the global information flow.
Similar to how the Church used to be the gatekeepers of information, and were compelled to silence "blasphemous" ideas that they didn't like.
- munificent 7y agoThey aren't self-anointed. We anointed them by using their platform. They're only gatekeepers because we user keeping choosing to walk through their gate instead of choosing any of the many other paths onto the Internet.
- 50656E6973 7y ago>They aren't self-anointed. We anointed them by using their platform Nahhh, it's way more nuanced than that. They started as user friendly simple services with little to no purposeful mass censorship. Then the user base grew into the billions effectively creating captive audience due to the network effect. Then they became increasingly user hostile (i.e. switching from chronological timeline to a psychologically manipulative news feed) and got into the business of political mass censorship and electioneering; like a bait and switch.