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Is this isn’t the top comment I’ll be sad.
by bedhead 2y ago
Is this isn’t the top comment I’ll be sad.
- ActorNightly 2y agoI too was a libertarian when I was 12 years old. But seriously, if you paid attention over the last decade, there was so much shit about big tech that people said were going to lead to tyranny/big brother oversight, and yet the closest we have ever gotten to tyranny is by voting in a bombastic talking orange man from NYC that we somehow believed has our best interests in mind.
- marklar423 2y agoLike Y2K, there's an argument that diligence from the tech crowd prevented this.
- ActorNightly 2y agoOr, the more likely scenario is that Big Tech is just interested in making money rather than controlling the population.
- klyrs 2y agoYep, the tech crowd sure did prevent Palantir and ClearView. Argue away.
- nicce 2y ago> But seriously, if you paid attention over the last decade, there was so much shit about big tech that people said were going to lead to tyranny/big brother oversight To be fair, the big tech controls the behavior of the people now. With social media algorithms and by pressuring everyone to live in social media. Existence of the many companies depends on the ads on (NAMEIT) platform. Usually the people with most power don't have to say it aloud.
- ActorNightly 2y agoWhile there is some truth to being exposed to certain stimuli through products that you actually use that may cause you to do things like buy shit you don't need, that behaviour is intrinsic to people, and big tech just capitalizes on it. And people always have the option not to partake.