Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely stupid

Re:Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely... by DoingIsLearning on Monday April 11, 2022 @10:22PM (#30997859)

> Social media allows us to highlight and amplify the information about our disagreements.

In theory.

In practice most people are too busy living their lifes and going through their struggles to voice anything. Leaving these platforms to be flooded by a vocal minority or worse, actors with an agenda.

This in turn provides a warped vision of reality to the 99% of non contributing 'listeners'.

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Re:Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely... by rmbyrro on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @04:54AM (#31000166)

Isn't that a description of traditional media?

Doesn't seem this is a fundamental change that caused the current divide. It's something deeper.

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Re:Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely... by DoingIsLearning on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @05:09AM (#31000253)

Traditional media would not be flooded with extreme right or extreme left, or conspiracy theories without any evidence backing.

The current Turner/Murdoch media in the US is definitely not my understanding of 'traditional' journalism of the likes of Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Reuters.

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Re:Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely... by Miner49er on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @09:01AM (#31002056)

Turner/Murdoch is traditional journalism though. I see no reason why these wouldn't exist today even without the internet.

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