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>This is whataboutism, and it detracts from issues instead of productively extending the conversation This is a self contradictory statement. Calling someone's argument "whatabouti…

The Communications Chief of Time Warner and former EVP at News Corporation writes speeches pro bono for the Prime Minister of Israel. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ginsberg

>If this very comment had been about some unrelated topic...it would be right for the comment to be censored from this discussion By that same logic, we should censor your comment,…

>The unique problem of the internet is that it allows bad ideas to infect, fester, and mutate in the minds of others at a speed never seen before, without the natural safeguards th…

Mass media in general has been profiting off rumors, gossip, and falsehoods for a long time. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism The difference here is FB is doing it…

>Modern philosophies that disregard the special place in nature of Man, and deny Man's nature, are a mess and lead to some pretty horrible outcomes, such as the dehumanization of u…

It seems you've got it backwards. Abrahamic religions, for example, created an "I-It" relationship by declaring nature to be subordinate to mankind in Genesis. The theory of evolut…

Indeed. And yet life expectancy is still lower for men, and is getting worse. Can we not talk about that for a moment?

Your anecdotal dismissal supports the parent commenter's point.

Money can create popularity.

>Do you actually have something concrete in mind here Ideals codified in law. For example, the 1rst and 2nd Amendments. When generalizing with national boundaries, I of course do n…

Using large geographic/national boundaries to generalize ideological categories is of course inherently erroneous to a degree; it's like the Zen Buddhist teaching of "a finger poin…

>Why there are people who welcome the rise of Chinese/CCP hegemony when they are actively looking to crush [2] "Western values" is beyond me. Perhaps it's because Big Tech is full …

Social media algorithms of course influence the Overton Window. It doesn't matter if the developers are consciously conspiring to do it or not; algorithmic bias is naturally inhere…

>changed the justice department policy to go after smaller 'fines' as settlements instead of prosecuting crimes.. only because of the simple fact that fines are easy to win, and cr…

The same thing?

>>[question] At what point does Twitter restricting world leader tweets become election interference and foreign policy interference >[answer] Never. While I agree with your logic,…

What about the Network Effect? What does it matter if anyone can have a say if they don't get heard?

>all who maintained a modicum of quality. Not exactly... "Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted …

Are you asserting Twitter can't influence elections?

Yep: >tries to make it a new normal that entire people can have their "feelings hurt" (what?) by mere non-insulting opinions, and it tries to make it a new normal that all actors s…