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Re:Elites Could Shape Mass Preferences as AI Reduces Persuas... by apparent on Thursday December 04, 2025 @06:46PM (#46154921)
> It's important to remember that being a "free thinker" often just means "being weird."

An adage that I find helpful: If everything you think happens to line up with the current platform of one of the political parties, then perhaps you aren't thinking at all.

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Re:Elites Could Shape Mass Preferences as AI Reduces Persuas... by array_key_first on Thursday December 04, 2025 @06:56PM (#46155028)
The inverse is not true however - if you believe nothing either party says, then you're a free thinker. That's not true, you can be equally as empty brained.
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