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As a counterpoint, I would say it is a conscious act... but on the part of those who enable and amplify the ideological friction as a for-profit business model.
by anon_cow1111 6y ago
As a counterpoint, I would say it is a conscious act... but on the part of those who enable and amplify the ideological friction as a for-profit business model.
Providing a public forum by itself isn't bad, of course. The algorithms driving that infinite-scrolling news feed and recommendations list definitely are, at this point.
- mc32 6y agoIt’s like scientific communism where factions are set against each other and divisions crated where there were none with no other objective than to win.
- wasdfff 6y agoThe noise is by design, signal is drown out, by design. The last thing the ruling class wants is for the working class to put down their idealogical arms against each other and unite around shared economic interests. A poor white Republican and a poor black Democrat have a lot more in common than either would like to admit, but the focus on things like stretching the roe vs wade debate out over the past 50 years, or gun ownership, are wedges to drive apart what should be an overwhelmingly large and unified working class voting block.
- kortilla 6y agoEven if you take away the gun/abortion differences, the poor Republican isn’t suddenly going to be pro-union like be Democrat will.