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A comment on Amish Hackers (2009). Parent comment

Re:Amish Hackers (2009) by mcdonje on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @08:25AM (#29906027)
A society's best shot of protecting itself from the potential negative effects of unknown future technologies is ensuring that everyone's basic needs are met. Desperate people do desperate things.
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Re:Amish Hackers (2009) by adrianN on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @08:32AM (#29906079)
How would meeting everyone's basic needs help for example against disinformation campaigns on social media destabilizing democracies?
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Re:Amish Hackers (2009) by cabalamat on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @10:01AM (#29907195)
If everyone's basic needs are met, they won't be so discontented and thus easily be swayed by destabilising propaganda.
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Re:Amish Hackers (2009) by hiptobecubic on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @09:12AM (#29906515)
You're confusing "the best thing you can do" with "the only thing you need to do."
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