U.S. Hits Record Daily Death Toll, with Worse Likely to Come

Re:U.S. Hits Record Daily Death Toll, with Worse Likely to Come by smt88 on Thursday December 03, 2020 @10:43AM (#25289923)

I seriously doubt that there is meaningful overlap between anti-maskers, entrepreneurs, and artists.

The issue is that misinformation and conspiracy theories are thriving on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, and they're received the illusion of legitimacy from one of our minority political party that controls 2 out of 3 branches of government.

Americans were able to make huge, selfless sacrifices during WWII. The only reason they can't do it now is that several very large companies profit from outrage, conspiracy, and polarization, and they have optimized our media to generate as much of those as possible.

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Re:U.S. Hits Record Daily Death Toll, with Worse Likely to Come by misiti3780 on Thursday December 03, 2020 @12:17PM (#25291397)

"Americans were able to make huge, selfless sacrifices during WWII. The only reason they can't do it now is that several very large companies profit from outrage, conspiracy, and polarization, and they have optimized our media to generate as much of those as possible."

Very true, wish more people realized this.

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