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by mgh2 845 days ago
Google as a brainwashing machine has been voiced before: https://medium.com/@trendguardian/a-new-search-engine-1f91a5...
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If google's answers are enough to brainwash people, boy do I have news for you... There is far worse out there.
In what universe is this a strong point.
Because pretending Google's answer are brainwashing people is actually an argumentin favor of speech policing

You wouldn't want Google or others to brainwash people into thinking badly of people of colour, would you?

Or is that some kind of _selective_ worry?

Are my two options to brainwash people into thinking goodly or badly of people of color?

Do any other subjects and concerns exist in this world other than people of color or is that kind of a _selective_ bullshitting?

No, there are also "concerning" subjects and concerns in this world, like false medical information, but apparently people don't suddenly write thousand-words screeds against google when that crops up (except when it was about hydroxychloriquine - but of course it is not really about "ethics in evidence-based medicine"...)
Is it possible that people might have genuine concerns (no limp wristed scare quotes) who don't watch Fox News?

Hypothetically, if Google was somehow taken over by Elon Musk, you would maintain this attitude? =)