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> by building institutions we trust to provide accurate information Except those institutions have long lost all credibility themselves.
by wartywhoa23 1y ago
> by building institutions we trust to provide accurate information
Except those institutions have long lost all credibility themselves.
- lazide 1y agoThis was done intentionally, over decades, to try to push ‘trust’ closer to where it can be controlled. Religion, family ties (through propaganda), etc.
- Cthulhu_ 1y agoFor sure. He then goes on to mention "in democracies", but a lot of democracies are now failing, in part because the institutions like the free press are being directed by their billionaire owners, or suppressed. And the family ties are being impacted heavily by mass misinformation and propaganda campaigns online, where their publishers are actively pushing it themselves (major worldwide social networks are now state influenced and / or their top brass has subjugated themselves to the reigning parties and / or any countermeasures have been removed).
- saulpw 1y agoYes, the existing ones were captured, and so we have to build new ones.