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"People" isn't really the right concept. Most of these groups buckle to well-funded lobby groups.
by catigula 1y ago
"People" isn't really the right concept.
Most of these groups buckle to well-funded lobby groups.
- nitwit005 1y agoIt's still people. There's a small group of decision makers that matter. They're absolutely ignoring a bunch of other well funded lobby groups. This idea just appealed to them, for whatever reason.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> well-funded lobby groups Collective Shout isn't this. They're closer to outrage entrepreneurs. They identified a non-issue that one could generate outrage around, fundraised on that manufactured outrage, and then launched an attack nobody was defending against because the issue was made up.
- LtWorf 1y agoSounds like the debian community team asking for immediate removal of offensive fortunes after they had been there for several decades, without of course even understanding the language the fortunes are written in.
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- catigula 1y agoI'm less concerned about them and more concerned about groups that are known and bill themselves as credible resources for "extremists" but have extensive ties to foreign states.