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Over the past week I’ve seen maybe 3 or 4 articles about why social media or X are to blame for people protesting / acting irrational (inferred) yet not a single article with interviews from protesters asking them why it’s happening, or exploring the merits of their grievances.

I saw the same thing here in the US in 2016. Lots of talk about Facebook, and nothing about the dramatically shifting economics of the middle class.

They call us “elites” and “globalist” for a reason.

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It’s traditional to blame the government for widespread rioting. I guess social media platforms are a convenient alternative scapegoat.

(To be clear, I think FB’s role in brexit and trump was unforgivable, but at least for trump, it’s clear most of the blame lies at the feet of the democrats. Ignoring trump, the candidate they ran was by far the least popular in US history, according to polls during and after the primaries)