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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by calpaterson on Thursday April 23, 2020 @06:14PM (#22962180)
> Almost no one in previous history had an ability to directly target poor, uneducated masses which their own content created in their own bedroom.

Yes they did - where do you think Martin Luther composed his 95 theses?

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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by anigbrowl on Thursday April 23, 2020 @09:46PM (#22963798)
Printing technology was the new hotness of his time. https://www.history.com/news/printing-press-renaissance
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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by MisterBastahrd on Thursday April 23, 2020 @06:17PM (#22962205)
He didn't target poor, uneducated masses. He targeted the most educated people in his society, the clerics of the Catholic church.
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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by throwaway8879 on Thursday April 23, 2020 @10:23PM (#22963986)
He translated the new testament from Greek to German. That helped the poor more than anybody else.
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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by MisterBastahrd on Friday April 24, 2020 @10:59AM (#22968661)
And how many people could read his 95 Thesis in that era again?
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