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The tech cynicism that’s growing in me is just waiting to see if it was fakenews on Twitter, or Russian ads on Facebook, or Macedonian teens with clickbait, Naz
by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
The tech cynicism that’s growing in me is just waiting to see if it was fakenews on Twitter, or Russian ads on Facebook, or Macedonian teens with clickbait, Nazis or something entirely new to blame these elections on. It seems there is always a “reason” to lose elections now.
I don’t know when everything had to become a scandal and “well, it seems less people agree with me than it took to elect the side I preferred” became an unacceptable thought.
Edit: even a thought about that thought is unacceptable to some here :)
- pintxo 7y agoI second the „meddling“ in elections part. If we accept the notion that it’s easily possible to manipulate the people into voting for whomever then the problem is not the meddling but the possibility of people being manipulated. As this means anyone could do this. I vote for a Marshall Plan for general education.