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It is the opposite really - opinions are some of the least controlled they have ever been as reach is far equalized and means of control at a low. It is one of
by Nasrudith 6y ago
It is the opposite really - opinions are some of the least controlled they have ever been as reach is far equalized and means of control at a low. It is one of the least conquered times.
Hell the idea that they can even 'control the attention' is a fallacy that assumes they have active knowledge of what their content will do like the New York Times has an editorial control. It is like the idiot congresspeople who spent their question time complaining about their negative search results for their name.
Even the heaviest handed management would fail to exercise the level of control as an editor of a scientific journal who knows absolutely nothing about the underlying field.
- swayson 6y agoI mean it is of course a complex system and not meant to be interpreted too simplistically. The gist of my point is, never estimate the power and effect of marketing, media, bureaucracy, laws, and policies on collective human behavior. A few big corporate tech players are increasingly growing in power to influence/control collective behaviour. Which includes funding internal departments to lobby to change laws based on some agenda. Those laws control human behaviour. Those tech organisations also determine the information flow of: words, symbols, images, effectively culture. There is a reason why militaries invest money in meme warfare for example, and these organisation effectively have that power.