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Originally Posted by rubecube
Yeah, centrist liberals have always believed that because their ideas are so superior, they would always win out in the "marketplace of ideas." That arrogance kind of blinded then to the point that they never seriously considered that said market could be manipulated or completely captured by dishonest actors en masse, even when it was happening right in front of them.
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It doesn't even require dishonest actors. Look at what sorts of things thw youtube algorithm originally promoted when no one had their finger on the scale - it wasn't dishonest, it simply calculated what would keep apes like us staring at the screen for longer... and it turns out the answer to that was incredibly depressing. There's a reason that guys like Dave Rubin wandered ever more towards the extreme right wing over time - that's where the viewers and money are.
We, as a species, are a horror show. The anti-natalists have a point.