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Imagine believing in this nonsense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_religion
I guess the Nordic countries, and most of Europe, who act exactly as I outlined,
Not even close to “exact”. You forgot the centuries of violence, colonialism, imperialism, racism, etc.
These are all laughable but the last one is especially wrong:
Ourgovernmentscanprotectus undercapitalism against us.
A lifetime of indoctrination that’s racist, classist, sexist, nationalist/imperialist/fascist, etc.
Complete history of USA in one meme.
ICE shot him but then they made up the story about CK driving a car at them.
The shooter obviously felt threatened.
Pretty sure the stormtroopers were murdering 500,000 iraqi kids too… But I guess that’s not a popular tale in the imperial core.
1·3 days agoIt does however
prove what’s falseprovide evidence of what’s un/likely.
To be fair tho… Why should people read some clickbait bullshit from phony imperial propagandists?
Ofc. It’s the NYTrash - centuries of imperial propaganda and worthless bullshit.
1·3 days agoI’m slightly reluctant to recommend “Strong Towns” because of “libertarian” leanings… But they’re ok. I feel like they focus more on ex-urbs and small towns.
1·5 days agoThe point of the cookie button is giving people a choice. There’s no choice here.
I like the part where the cites techdirt article implies that the authors of the bill are tied to big tech while talking about regulation that big tech absolutely does not want.
A major goal of this nonsense is so that big tech can put a warning on their shitty products and then wash their hands of any responsibility. It’s much easier and more in line with their values than for example censoring nazis, zios, pedos, et al. which are an actual problem.
Facebook and co have repeatedly been caught admitting to trying to make their algorithms as addicting as possible.
What about Lemmy? Pixelfed? Y’all are advocating for the worst people on the planet to deepen their control of the internet based off fake science. The first “social media” sites to go will be ones like this.
Is it well written legislation? No. Are these arguments against it well written? Also no.
No surprise. And yet libs support it. Also no surprise.
Social media may not be as addicting as the bill implies, but to say that it’s pseudoscience is really stupid.
Maybe you don’t understand science but there is actually very little evidence that “social media” is “bad”. Just relying on your feelings is what’s actually stupid. The absolute dumbest is thinking that the state/capitalism is making a good faith effort to help humanity based on solid science.
it has enabled every goober and bad actor with an opinion to essentially have a megaphone
Good anecdote but this is just hegemonic propaganda. Social media has also revealed the reality behind the hegemonic narrative. That’s what they’re actually afraid of.
I think putting a warning on the tin is appropriate,
There is no tin. And then what? Once it’s unscientifically marked as “dangerous” then what’s next? I’m sure they’ll stop there. \s
It’s true that the bulk of the issue arises from the people in charge of the platforms
It’s not true. What about the people in charge of this platform? The bulk of the issues arise from capitalism and this type of censorship is designed to abolish its criticism.
When have warning signs stopped people from doing things that are unhealthy?
Again there is very scant evidence that “social media” is “unhealthy”. But yes, warnings do almost nothing. It’s just another step towards even more entrenched hegemonic control.
31·6 days agoFascism isn’t funny regardless of its victims.
This kind of pseudo-science is very popular. People really thinking there’s substantial scientific evidence that “social media” is “bad”. Literally making this false belief into a law.
edit: Lots of downvotes. Zero reliable studies posted. I understand that this pseudo-science confirms your pre-concieved biases but that doesn’t make it scientific. Y’all are yearning for the worst people to have even more power to control criticism and news about capitalism, imperialism, genocide, etc.
edit2: TikTok.
14·6 days agoThe upvotes are a sad statement on the scientific literacy of Lemmy.
This is straight up quack science. The “math” is nonsense based on vague statements without a testable hypothesis in sight.
Rule 1: The universe is a single, continuous thread of attention.
Ok whatever. Cool story. The rest of the rules are similar.
They’re just throwing out ideological phrases from their indoctrination. Nothing coherent.