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by brunoTbear 2575 days ago
What I want to know is who is behind the 5G fear-mongering. I see this all the time and from different places. My poor conspiracy-minded elderly uncle in western Pennsylvania has been had by Fox News and the rest of the insane-right. He sends me stuff like this all the time. What I want to understand is who stands to benefit from 5G not coming to pass.

Is it a just one of many conspiracy theories cooked by a Kremlin agency that happened to work in the public sphere? Is there a competing technology stack?
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pensatoio 2575 days ago
I don’t condone the attitudes of people like your uncle or the hyper-sensationalized news that feeds them, but I’m equally discouraged by your response. Why shouldn’t we be skeptical of new technologies and their impact on our environment or ourselves?

We should encourage research like this, despite the overreactions that might ensue. The idea that we fully understand the effects of our technology in aggregate is prideful and short-sighted.

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fnord77 2575 days ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/science/5g-phone-safety-h...
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KirinDave 2575 days ago
So you're suggesting RT is behind a Swiss study?
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tzs 2575 days ago
No, he's not suggesting that. His comment is a response to the questions asked by its direct parent, not a comment on the submitted article.
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KirinDave 2575 days ago
Buuuuut that was written with something of a suggestion that this study or this report about the study is a bit of FUD about 5g, no?

It sure seems like a straight line to me.

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RappingBoomer 2575 days ago
same here...whenever I see a lot of fear mongering flying around about something new, I ask myself what iron rice bowl is being threatened by such new things? In this case, I would guess that comcast, et al is being threatened by 5g...
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jaabe 2575 days ago
Who benefits from anti-vaccination or flat-earth?

Conspiracy theories are probably a lucrative industry if you get enough of a following.

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Joakal 2575 days ago
Just like any negative effect; It's influencers who get paid to spread anti-vaccination beliefs even if they don't believe it.

See: far right/left, and other unusual controversial topics.

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