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> Anti-disinformation groups talk endlessly about building “resilience” to disinformation (which in practice means making sure the public hears approved narrati
by chiefalchemist 3y ago
> Anti-disinformation groups talk endlessly about building “resilience” to disinformation (which in practice means making sure the public hears approved narratives so often that anything else seems frightening or repellent), and audiences are trained to question not only the need for checks and balances, but competition. Competition is increasingly frowned upon not just in the “marketplace of ideas” (an idea itself more and more often described as outdated), but in the traditional capitalist sense.
The lack of competition is bad, bbut so is the lack of spectrum. That is, if there is competition it's typically dumb'ed down to binary, with all nuance, subtitles and perhaps contradictions are removed. What's often left can't be won by either side. But perhaps that's exactly the point?
- verdverm 3y agoIndeed, and after the context removal, each side is typically at either end of the spectrum. The amplified polarization makes it difficult to have adult conversations about the most pressing issues of the day. People in the middle rightly feel left out ideologically
- t0bia_s 3y agoThat is what politics make from society. Divide it to left or right and keep us fighting each other to keep us voting them with hope of change for better future based on our point of view that some of them might represent.
- verdverm 3y agoThere is an amount of foreign influence that sows discord and amplifies the worst speech and ideas as well