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by ttt11199907
1051 days ago
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The sentiment is great, but it is truly mind bending seeing these truly hippie ideas -- being one with the earth, valuing relationships and community, self sufficiency -- couched in the language of global elite conspiracies and anti-education rhetoric. The other content by this author is filled with straw-men and insults and is a strange mix of prepper/sovereign-citizen/anti-millenial screed interspersed with really solid ideas. Maybe that's just the playbook? Start with an easily agreeable premise -- what makes humans human -- and then devolve into saying all millennial men are worried about which gender they are; the whiplash is real! |
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I don't really care about what the author says on other topics. The TikTok trial should've opened everyone's eyes that there is indeed a grand conspiracy with social media. In particular, governments would be wise to consider it's exploitation by state level adversaries and the consequences of letting foreign actors unfettered access to the minds of your citizens.
That being said, there's some truth to the "anti-millenial" sentiment. In the past week I made friends with someone who I had a lot in common with. The fact I did not have any social media at all ended the friendship as quickly as it started. With no way to "follow" me on one of these platforms it seemed that just swapping numbers was out of the question. You could argue then they really weren't a friend at all but the level of commonality between us was uncanny. Another example: My nephew (a...uh whatever comes after zoomer) has been bullied in school because he does not have the latest iphone.
There is absolutely truth to the way society has fundamentally switched from privacy-first to carrying around a literal tracking device that is designed to sell you products in their pockets everywhere. You can't help but wonder what the consequences are. It's clear to me, at least, that none of this is done with our best interests in mind.