NYU professors who defended vaping didn't disclose ties to Juul

Re:NYU professors who defended vaping didn't disclose ties t... by jimbokun on Monday May 06, 2024 @10:59AM (#40275470)

Patriotism previously worked as a check on hyper individualism in the US, tying people to a shared sense of national community.

Now that we collectively know too much about the harms perpetrated by our government, we have also lost that sense of unity and shared values and purpose.

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Re:NYU professors who defended vaping didn't disclose ties t... by alephnerd on Monday May 06, 2024 @11:14AM (#40275630)

Pretty much.

Access to information isn't bad, but we also need to remember that we're all part of the same team.

Increasingly, partisans on both sides of the political and social aisle don't actually care about the opposing side. They just want to win.

And this is why countries like Russia, China, and Iran have been so successful at weaponizing disinformation - it's being used by partisans on both sides to undermine the other, leading to chaos.

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