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It's time to forcibly reform big tech

• Nasrudith 7y ago
  And yet again we see that propaganda pattern - insisting that there is a techlash instead of a bunch of whiney vested interests. Then there is the mindless "Do something" crackdown idea with no fucking clue how to fix anything but their power certainly won't be abused pinky swear! The reason for the pure sarcasm and vitriol is I am sick of this bullshit being pushed and sickened that people are actually believing this lurch to totalitarianism.
  • joeblow9999 7y ago
    thank god im not the only one
  • OnlyRepliesToBS 7y ago
    lol
• ilaksh 7y ago
  The issue is that the concept of propaganda (please, research this term thoroughly) has been co-opted by people pushing the concept of 'fake-news' which is just like propaganda except that only the 'bad guys' use it. And also, they never mention propaganda when they are talking about it. Because if you understand propaganda then you know that having propaganda police (ie censors) is even worse than fake news. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublethink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublethink
  • espeed 7y ago
    Manufacturing Consent
• zadkey 7y ago
  "Silicon Valley companies' only goal is maximizing profit. Why do we keep forgetting it?" I am not sure I understand how this is different from any other company. Most corporations have bylaws that force them to optimize for profit. In fact many corporations, if they don't optimize for profit, they can be sued by shareholders for securities fraud. To be clear, I am not saying this is right, or there is not a human toll to this mentality. I am just not able to see "Big Tech" as acting any differently than other large companies with similar size, reach, and economic power. I realize she is making a similar point, but why single out one group?