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U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests

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Post by Ericson2314 »

umvi wrote: post #72

How did we arrive to this point where a huge chunk of the population is in one reality and another huge chunk of the population is in another reality? Segregation of information sources? Politicization of media outlets? Self-reinforcing social bubbles? A combination of all of them and more?

For one, policing them completely differently?

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Post by hn_throwaway_99 »

umvi wrote: post #72

How did we arrive to this point where a huge chunk of the population is in one reality and another huge chunk of the population is in another reality? Segregation of information sources? Politicization of media outlets? Self-reinforcing social bubbles? A combination of all of them and more?

As this is HN, I really believe that this lack of a shared reality is only possible with the Internet. Before the Internet, there were more conservative sources and more liberal sources, but never before could you completely surround yourself with your own version of reality. And more importantly, your version of reality is constantly reinforced by algorithms that are specifically designed to raise your level of rage (aka "engagement").

I certainly don't know what the right answer here is, or even if there is one. The flip side of this polarization is the Internet has allowed discriminated groups to organize (e.g. see the "It Gets Better Project")

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Post by propelol »

root_axis wrote: post #43

This is a failure of leadership by the republicans - plain and simple. I don't care if this comment is perceived as partisan, it's a statement of fact. If the republican leadership had unequivocally come out against the narrative that the election was stolen, this wouldn't be happening. Edit: Yes, it's true that the top leader and his acolytes have engineered this outcome, but the majority of the republican leadershi…

What is the point of a national guard if they can't be used to defend the capitol?

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Post by gorbachev »

umvi wrote: post #72

How did we arrive to this point where a huge chunk of the population is in one reality and another huge chunk of the population is in another reality? Segregation of information sources? Politicization of media outlets? Self-reinforcing social bubbles? A combination of all of them and more?

Decades and decades of making politics about wedge issues.

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Post by mhh__ »

bilekas wrote: post #113

How was it so easy to breach the building ? I see some videos of people just smashing basic windows, I really would have expected it to be more secure. These are supposed to be some of the most secure in the US?? National Guard request was denied apparently. Anyone remember how many were deployed during BLM protests.. America is now one of 'those' countries. All it took was 4 years. Wow.

They probably let them in because they don't want to be the one that starts shooting first.

The national guard will probably be activated at some point and if they do there could be a bloodbath.

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Post by himujjal »

rwcarlsen wrote: post #141

I don't understand how the same people who said we should defund the police are forcefully suggesting that we need a strong police response here? I'm not going to take any sides. All sides are so rife with hypocrisy that I just don't know what to say.

also i am wondering how hackernews has become twitter.
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