[m463]

Cory Doctorow points out a lot of things: https://pluralistic.net/

But I don't think mainstream journalism points out computer nonsense because they're so intertwined with it all.

I mean, "we have a surveillance state" first points to "advertising" which is their revenue stream.

[conductr]

Quite the leap IMO, I actually think the strongest defense of the status quo is pointing out how much worse things could be

[docmars]

This has been used as an effective way to gaslight people with concerns about government censorship or surveillance, especially when 2020's myriad lies and sociopolitical events ensued.