37 ms·
The cult of Qanon effectively killed any hope I have that people are rational actors when it comes to consuming online content.
by macintux 4y ago
The cult of Qanon effectively killed any hope I have that people are rational actors when it comes to consuming online content.
- tenebrisalietum 4y agoRemove "online" from your sentence and the sentence will still be true.
- ModernMech 4y agoBut they're organizing online. That's the thing. When it was just the Jonestown cult or the Waco terrorists, that was at least localized. But now they're able to use the Internet to whip up 10k people to assault the Capitol when they don't get their way. That's a real problem.