>Healthy skepticism towards having a few large corporations be the source of truth about the world is necessary to prevent manipulation and coercion of the publ

>Healthy skepticism towards having a few large corporations be the source of truth about the world is necessary to prevent manipulation and coercion of the public by a few wealthy individuals. Manipulation is now in social media and other 'decentralized' platforms, but the money is still from the same people, just even less accountable. I don't think it improved at all, quite the opposite in fact.