Re:Ozone hole goes large again
by notjoemama on Friday October 20, 2023 @06:56AM
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You should spend some time on YouTube watching videos about China and North Korea. It’s not absurd at all and the psychological mechanisms are well known to anyone who’s spent time reviewing how controlling a population works. Just a minimal cursory review reveals how fear and a rigid hierarchy are all that’s needed.
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I was born in the USSR, so, with all due respect, I think I know more about the internal mechanics of undemocratic states than a person who watched YouTube.
Re:Ozone hole goes large again
by MichaelZuo on Friday October 20, 2023 @09:05AM
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I would go even farther, that someone recommending to watch youtube for such a topic is either joking, never been around the block, or literally copy-and-pasting from somewhere else.
Though to be fair, the vast vast majority of HN comments regarding more complex topics are not coming from first hand sources, or those who've had serious discussions with people who've had that first hand experience.
Re:Ozone hole goes large again
by hotpotamus on Friday October 20, 2023 @07:37AM
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> Just a minimal cursory review reveals how fear and a rigid hierarchy are all that’s needed
Or you can just work for a large company.
It's always local lords and barons who make the rules. There are top-down rules, more like guidelines really, which are used to remove local government officials under whatever pretext when things go really south.
Re:Ozone hole goes large again
by arrowsmith on Friday October 20, 2023 @08:43AM
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And the years 2020 and 2021 provide an obvious example of your second sentence.
By watching YouTube and made conclusions like this you literary fulfill your description of manipulated society.
This is not helpful advice: YouTube has a vast amount of video but much of it is misleading, incomplete, or simply wrong and it’s all presented in exactly the same way. If there’s a specific person you think has expertise on a topic you have to link directly to their work.