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I generally don't buy into theories that it was by design, i.e. a conspiracy to distract us. Instead, it's a result of market forces (the attention industry) a

I generally don't buy into theories that it was by design, i.e. a conspiracy to distract us. Instead, it's a result of market forces (the attention industry) and the powerful (oligarchs & SIGs) gradually nudging things in a direction that works better for them. Coupled with virtually zero accountability to the American people.

PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
It doesn't really need to be "by design". Those with an outsource chunk of wealth and power tend to (a) be a small percentage of the population (b) have naturally aligned goals; those goals will be addressed using the tools at hand. Those without much wealth or power represent a large and almost ridicuously diverse population, by almost every metric except having much wealth and power. It is much more difficult for them to agree upon goals let alone coordinate any sort of action that would further those goals. Consequently, the "natural" state of affairs, once you allow wealth and power to accumulate in the hands of a fraction of the population, is for the goals of the wealthy and the powerful to take precedence.