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And now rather than being spoonfed, propaganda requires just a click or two. Even worse imo. Makes you feel like you are in control of the content you find whe
by redmen 4y ago
And now rather than being spoonfed, propaganda requires just a click or two.
Even worse imo. Makes you feel like you are in control of the content you find when for the vast majority of people you are not.
- rgrieselhuber 4y agoHaving the option to do your own and the opportunity to engage in critical thinking (whether or not you take advantage of it) out of all of the available content on the internet is worse than being spoonfed propaganda on a few broadcast stations?
- redmen 4y agoFor the masses. Not for people who know how to think. It gives people a false sense of confidence and arrogance when they tell you they know how to research
- rgrieselhuber 4y agoSounds elitist to me.
- redmen 4y agoYou don't like the word "masses" is all
- rgrieselhuber 4y agoNo, I don’t like elitism.
- redmen 4y agoYou don't like the idea that the majority of people aren't very intelligent and that 90% of innovation comes from 10% of people. That's okay. Reality often isn't easy to digest. I don't like the human species most of the time either. But if you want to create systems that redistribute wealth, knowledge, etc then first we must understand the reality of what we are dealing with. And this has nothing to do with elitism. You just pulled the simplest term you could think of in order to justify for yourself why you're right and don't like the words I wrote. Now in your head you can attach my words to elitism and convince yourself that elitism is bad, rather than substance of the actual words I said. It's okay. We all think like this.
- rgrieselhuber 4y agoI do like the human species, quite a bit, actually. Sounds like we're starting from fundamentally different points of view, so I'll leave it at that.
- redmen 4y agoSure that's an easy way out to point out a division like that and attempt to take the high ground. Or just don't reply.