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[-] TangledHyphae@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Would you rather a hostile foreign entity do it instead, who have vested interest in sewing destructive chaos as a goal, though? That's the alternative.

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 9 points 6 months ago

I mean, there's a third alternative where manipulating us is illegal for anyone

[-] card797@champserver.net 1 points 6 months ago

That's just too vague to legislate. Stop talking to everyone because you're being manipulated non-stop by everyone you know.

[-] TangledHyphae@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I agree, wish this was the actual goal but it's going to be hard to pry those rights out of their hands.

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

if they were rights everyone would have them.

[-] Kalysta@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

We don’t need a “hostile foreign entity”. Trump is doing that just fine all on his own.

[-] TangledHyphae@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

What about Biden signing in the new spying bill recently that enhances wiretapping of US citizens?

[-] Kalysta@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

I completely missed this one. Gross.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works -1 points 6 months ago

Since we're not denying that white oligarchs do it too, then giving consumers a choice as to which manipulated information they see is better than having just our goverment decide. Sowing chaos isn't inherently bad - law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice, and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.

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