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Governments keep going after big tech, trying to break them up and limiting their power. But in my opinion, the bigger issue in society is that a significant po
by senttoschool 3y ago
Governments keep going after big tech, trying to break them up and limiting their power. But in my opinion, the bigger issue in society is that a significant portion of the mainstream media is owned by Rupert Murdoch, which means he can alone can push any agenda he wants.
In Australia, Murdoch bullied politicians into forcing FB/Google to pay for news or the media will paint the candidate poorly, which means the candidate likely won't win any future elections.
They can make you pro-war. They can make you hate entire countries, even though those countries never did anything to you and people in any country are just trying to better their lives just like you. They can make you vote against yourself.
In any democracy, it only works for the people if the people can receive unbiased, truthful information.
- jacknobody 3y agoThank you, senttoschool. I think you have more cynicism to develop. I would like to help you with that. Which democracies have consistently succeeded, please? ... and whence this astoundingly unbiased, truthful information? Big tech are the new bosses, supplanting human interaction with their measuring and calculating robotic brains; sociopaths have always ruled the world. Doesn't anybody have any idea at all?
- senttoschool 3y agoSince you used ad hominem, I will too. Seems like you're Australian? I think you've drank the anti-big tech propaganda given the stronghold that Rupert Murdoch has in the Australian media. You should ask your politicians to boot Rupert Murdoch out, decentralize mainstream news in Australia, and teach media literacy.