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Fact: For eons politicians have uttered half-truths, etc. and they didn't want to be accountable and responsible. Over time, they intentionally crafted a system
by chiefalchemist 5y ago
Fact: For eons politicians have uttered half-truths, etc. and they didn't want to be accountable and responsible. Over time, they intentionally crafted a system - nudge by nudge - where the masses are under-informed, less capable of being objective, less aware of the value of analysis, etc. Obama does well to rewrite history. The irony is stunning.
But now it's Big Tech's problem? Tho' he didn't seem to mind when The Media under his terms conveniently and consistently under-reported things that would damage the BO narrative (e.g., Gets Peace Prize...uses drones like Kleenex).
Mind you, yes, they can't bury their heads. But they shouldn't be alone in being named. Nor should these one-sided propaganda campaigns be used to sway opinion and then leverage that opinion to regulate Big Tech.
Again, more irony.
Obama was and still is a very successful politician. Those spots are still spots. A leopard is still a leopard.
- Mountain_Skies 5y agoBig Tech has shown themselves to be willing collaborators and shameless sycophants. Of course Obama would expect their eager compliance with enforcing his version of truth. Big Tech can't really complain about the pressure being put on them when they've long shown they're completely malleable in the right hands.
- chiefalchemist 5y agoI would recommend reading "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism." Tech has the upper hand and it's playing the long game. Big Gov? It's slowly being marginalised, and it knows it. Thus, the former POTUS shamelessness.