• LurkingLuddite@piefed.socialBanned
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    17 hours ago

    Idiots exist with or without knowledge. What the world needs to learn is to not put idiots into positions of power, and to remove the ones that found their way into power.

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      16 hours ago

      That’s absolutely right; the only problem is that those chief-idiot are so rich that they control most of what the Internet means to the vast majority of people.

      That’s just how people are, unfortunately, as evidenced by the fact that platforms like Twitter or Reddit, for example, are still used by the masses.

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          15 hours ago

          Why is kinda hard ito always do, idiots will follow idiots which will hate on different idiots or less idiots which makes hard for the less idiots to do anything

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        15 hours ago

        Yes, because idiots allowed vile malicious non-idiots to gain control of their “news” media and stock markets, so OFC that went down hill fast.

        Again: It’s all about preventing and removing idiots from power, not about trying to control the masses of idiots.

        You control the up-stream. Fighting down-stream is just begging to be pissed on.

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        15 hours ago

        It’s very clear that’s what happens. The concern now is what to do to break the system.

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      11 hours ago

      Thousands of articles of misinformation isn’t power. It’s a reminder on what to avoid and fact check.

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        10 hours ago

        Soon the arbiters of actual facts will be so broke they can’t afford to peddle them anymore. Only those with financial incentive to shape truth will be providing “facts.”

        AI will likely be their greatest hammer.