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Figure out how to stop the social media robots from monetizing the destruction of civil society and you might be able to keep something resembling free speech.
by twoWhlsGud 3y ago
Figure out how to stop the social media robots from monetizing the destruction of civil society and you might be able to keep something resembling free speech. Otherwise, the future looks like China or Russia (massive kleptostates using the robots to keep control instead). It's not clear there's a way for democracies to survive the disappearance of the peaceful maintenance of reality.
- 0cVlTeIATBs 3y agoIf by "monetizing the destruction of civil society" you mean making money from posting celebrity nudes on the internet maybe you'll be glad to learn the people doing it are doing it for free.
- latency-guy2 3y agoCiting China or Russia as the end of civilization as we know it has to be equivalent to Godwin's law in some way
- bsder 3y agoGodwin's Law never accounted for the fact that we would need to deal with actual Nazis ever again. Even Godwin, himself, acknowledges that if the comparison fits, it's perfectly fine.
- latency-guy2 3y ago> Godwin's Law never accounted for the fact that we would need to deal with actual Nazis ever again. Not really, that's your personal awareness of white supremacists and "Nazi" adjacent groups coming into play. They haven't really been hiding at all, membership has maintained hundreds to thousands for decades in the officially recognized organizations. Godwin was also not ignorant of these groups. There is simply no need to be hyperbolic about things. > Even Godwin, himself, acknowledges that if the comparison fits, it's perfectly fine. OK.