Yeah this is a super deep issue but its not mind control. It's a mix of middlemen being the only industry that can still extract more profit, and a level of co

Yeah this is a super deep issue but its not mind control. It's a mix of middlemen being the only industry that can still extract more profit, and a level of control over markets by Capital that makes most opinions meaningless. Its essentially a return to feudalism, where certain people own vast swaths of productive space, they're untouchable in the legal system and real life, and one is forced to work for them. To escape the system means leaving behind most of society depending on your convictions. These groups can kill you physically(Monsanto poisoning people with pesticides) or metaphorically(you lose all connection to the general societal social media) and nothing can be done. For the first one, if you were to suggest violence against those doing violence against you, you're essentially told that violence is never the answer, except when its in the form of collateral damage for profit motive. For the latter, its not nearly as life ending, annoying, but not life ending or even altering unless your livelihood is based around grifting on social media. For social media it is ironically democratic, if most people find you to be an annoying asshole, they sorta kick you off so you leave everyone alone. No different than getting kicked out of a bar for demanding to see someone's genitals.