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Post by dylan604 »

jraby3 wrote: post #16
DethNinja wrote: post #14

Do people really believe there is a difference between government and the big tech? These companies regularly get large government contracts, it is unlikely that there aren’t deeper connections. I don’t believe free market exists in the USA and I think it’s economy and media is almost as heavily controlled as China.

The great firewall of China prevents most of their citizens from seeing news that isn’t the party line. And if you share it you face criminal charges. Not to mention their social ranking system. It’s ridiculous to say the US media is almost as heavily controlled as China.

But in a way it is as heavily controlled, but just not by the government.

Large media conglomerates own such a large percentage of the media outlets that they are literally controlling what is broadcast by using the exact same text and "news" in every single one of their markets. These "local" stations are dicated to what they can air, and forced to carry specific segments whether it is the same pre-produced segment or at the least the same pre-approved copy that the local read verbatim.

That is not a free press. That is a press doing the bidding of its corporate overlords

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Post by [deleted] »

atwood22 wrote: post #11
MacsHeadroom wrote: post #6

Knowing a handful of CIA personally, one thing they've all said is "There are no "ex" CIA." It seems to be similar to the USMC's "Once a Marine, always a Marine." Food for thought.

> It seems to be similar to the USMC's "Once a Marine, always a Marine." But people who leave the marines aren't actually marines in any way other than mindset, right? Not sure what I'm supposed to take away from this analogy.

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Post by tablespoon »

the_optimist wrote: post #20
tablespoon wrote: post #2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Per... > MintPress News was deprecated in the 2019 RfC, which showed consensus that the site publishes false or fabricated information.

Quoted post unavailable.

> One of the basic tactics honed by the CIA in Afghanistan on social media was reply-guy diversion. We now see this constantly on trending anti-Biden Twitter. Maybe that’s your thing?

Did you know that kind of accusation is against the site guidelines?

In any case it's conspiracy theory bullshit. I'm not going to dox myself to prove it false. And even if I did that, it probably wouldn't do any good because a conspiracy theory logic means the conspiracy theory is always true and facts that contradict it are just lies of the conspiracy.

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Post by Ansil849 »

alaric410 wrote: post #26

I live in a country that is not USA. Why should we allow a company led by CIA agents to operate in our country?

You should not. But if it makes you feel any better, Americans do the same thing by allowing Chinese tech like Zoom and TikTok operate in their country.

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Post by Ansil849 »

jraby3 wrote: post #16
DethNinja wrote: post #14

Do people really believe there is a difference between government and the big tech? These companies regularly get large government contracts, it is unlikely that there aren’t deeper connections. I don’t believe free market exists in the USA and I think it’s economy and media is almost as heavily controlled as China.

The great firewall of China prevents most of their citizens from seeing news that isn’t the party line. And if you share it you face criminal charges. Not to mention their social ranking system. It’s ridiculous to say the US media is almost as heavily controlled as China.

> The great firewall of China prevents most of their citizens from seeing news that isn’t the party line

Totally not like how access to Russian news outlets has been blocked by parts of the West.

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Post by kornhole »

tablespoon wrote: post #2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Per... > MintPress News was deprecated in the 2019 RfC, which showed consensus that the site publishes false or fabricated information.

Intelligence agencies employ departments to create and edit Wikipedia pages. I am sorry I do not provide all the sources for this claim, but this is only logical.

Paypal closed the account of Mint Press News. This is the same financial censorship tactic that was used against Wikileaks.

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Post by MuchoMaas »

DethNinja wrote: post #14

Do people really believe there is a difference between government and the big tech? These companies regularly get large government contracts, it is unlikely that there aren’t deeper connections. I don’t believe free market exists in the USA and I think it’s economy and media is almost as heavily controlled as China.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Q-Tel

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Post by s_dev »

alaric410 wrote: post #26

I live in a country that is not USA. Why should we allow a company led by CIA agents to operate in our country?

To have access to American tech.

Simply turning off Google/Apple/Amazon/Facebook will have massive repercussions throughout that countries economy and politics and put that country at a competitive disadvantage on a world stage.

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Post by simiones »

jraby3 wrote: post #16
DethNinja wrote: post #14

Do people really believe there is a difference between government and the big tech? These companies regularly get large government contracts, it is unlikely that there aren’t deeper connections. I don’t believe free market exists in the USA and I think it’s economy and media is almost as heavily controlled as China.

The great firewall of China prevents most of their citizens from seeing news that isn’t the party line. And if you share it you face criminal charges. Not to mention their social ranking system. It’s ridiculous to say the US media is almost as heavily controlled as China.

The degree is usually different, but it is sometimes spectacular how much media collaborates to hide news.

Look for any coverage in the US press about the gigantic strikes that workers in India organized in November 2020, possibly involving 250 million workers [0]: there isn't even 1 single article written by any mainstream media in the US (and much of Europe).

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Indian_general_strike

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Post by markus_zhang »

DethNinja wrote: post #14

Do people really believe there is a difference between government and the big tech? These companies regularly get large government contracts, it is unlikely that there aren’t deeper connections. I don’t believe free market exists in the USA and I think it’s economy and media is almost as heavily controlled as China.

I think US and China are converging on the same road: basically state officials and large corporations make rules and enforce them. There are differences but the result is the same. We will probably see them converge some 20-30 years later.
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