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well said, but it s not a revelation. When social media started lots of people objected to the mindless sharing of everything for narcissistic reasons. The onio
by cblconfederate 6y ago
well said, but it s not a revelation. When social media started lots of people objected to the mindless sharing of everything for narcissistic reasons. The onion joked that facebook was a CIA project. Social media and China's social scoring system are very much related, elements of an unfree society in which average behavior is rewarded and weirdos, outcasts, misfits and rebels are "disappeared". Instagram feeds is pretty much like those soviet and north korean paintings in which everyone is smiling in front of fruit. Imagine if they had social media in the 60s, it would be an absolute shitshow.
- 082349872349872 6y agoThere's a contemporary russian illustrator who specialises in Ostalgia, as if the soviets had had pinups and Norman Rockwell. Young Pioneer examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24440206 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24440206