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Re:Economic Termites Are Everywhere: stats hide the experien... by harimau777 on Sunday June 09, 2024 @10:19AM (#40624584)
Even if that's the case, that's a problem. First, it's bad for society to write people off. Are people going to be willing to contribute if they aren't sure whether they might be the next write off? Second, a small number of disenfranchised people can still cause a lot of problems if they get despirate.
Re:Economic Termites Are Everywhere: stats hide the experien... by pixl97 on Sunday June 09, 2024 @11:40AM (#40625176)
I mean, this is true. And these days these people don't even need to be real. Kick off a few hundred thousand bots along with a visible ad campaign corresponding with how bad things are and you can get the people in the "not great, not terrible" camp thinking the end of the world is here.