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Re:On my resignation as regulator of the Dutch intelligence ... by the_other on Saturday September 10, 2022 @07:51AM (#32789807)
> And I can only marvel at how we would have swallowed that as the whole truth just a few years ago!

I enjoyed my teen years through the 90s. Some people had 24hr TV news, but very few had the internet or newsgroups for news. At that time, I found it pretty easy to find and hold skeptical viewpoints.

The pace has changed since then. The detail comes much faster, and inflections change more rapidly.

It’s society, education, and exposure to alternative viewpoints that sows the seed of critical analysis. Technology just changes the rate it happens.

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Re:On my resignation as regulator of the Dutch intelligence ... by DubiousPusher on Saturday September 10, 2022 @09:56AM (#32790672)
Really? I found that in the 90s people had stiflingly homogenous viewpoints. Most people were spoon-fed the same highly packaged narrative from the big 3 broadcasters.
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