[chgs]

People think a trillion dollar brainwashing industry is absolutely fine because of “democracy”, completely ignoring that all you have to do is use a century of experience convincing people to act against their own interests can deliver whatever you want.

Often the same people who think America is fine and safe are the ones who whine about the “main stream media” and “sheeple”.

[Spivak]

Which trillion dollar brainwashing industry— primary school, news, social media, advertising, the printing press?

I would put individuals using language models for their own purposes pretty low on my list of things that can cause societal harm.