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Why do you keep refusing to engage with the latter points about the internet being a rent-seeking capitalism hellscape? Is it just easier to select chunks of m
by CursedSilicon 1y ago
Why do you keep refusing to engage with the latter points about the internet being a rent-seeking capitalism hellscape?
Is it just easier to select chunks of my argument you disagree with and try to dismiss the entire thing based on those objections?
- squigz 1y agoBecause your points about the state of the Internet (and by extension society itself) are wrapped in complaints and generalizations about "young people" that aren't true.
- CursedSilicon 1y agoWhen I criticized things like there being "five websites" and up and down this thread you yourself (and others, of course) are citing centralized platforms like Discord and Reddit and Facebook? I think you're getting too hung up on my description of "young people" and missing the reality you're arguing in favor of the very things I criticized
- qualeed 1y agoYou have two main points, it seems. 1) The internet is heavily influenced by capitalism now. 2) The younger generation as a whole interacts with the internet in a certain way. I don't see why it's a problem to agree with one and disagree with the other. I don't think they are "dismissing" the points about the money-related stuff. They just don't agree that your experience generalizes to all of society's young people.