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(Argues that social media and data tracking is a dangerous combination that can serve to further alienate us from our humanity) (Proceeds to inject his politic
by fortythirteen 8y ago
(Argues that social media and data tracking is a dangerous combination that can serve to further alienate us from our humanity)
(Proceeds to inject his political agenda that, while it has many truths, is written in a way that will completely alienate anyone not far-left)
- tclancy 8y agoWhen did suggesting government oversight of companies that have shown themselves to be bad actors become a far-left belief? Why does it feel like these appellations come from people that aren’t so much right or left politically, but just want to keep their fingers in their ears out of fear?
- fortythirteen 8y agoDid you read the article? He literally gave every example of maliciousness as right wing and provided no examples of how the left is equally manipulated.
- crispyambulance 8y agoSo, is there an "equal opportunity" rule now? Do all citations of evil, atrocity, and maliciousness require both a "right-wing" and "left-wing" example just for the sake of fairness?
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoIn the current environment, yes, they do. Why? Because too often, each side tries to paint the other as the center of all evil. And people of both sides get really tired of being painted that way. They tune out very quickly when they run into something that paints them that way. So if you want both sides to hear you, you have to not shoot only at one side.
- crispyambulance 8y agoWe've gotten ourselves into a mess in the USA by electing an authoritarian government, in part, as a result of influence mediated through social networking companies. The news is a now parade of ridiculous government officials, each a unique combination of incompetence, corruption, and malevolence. Sorry, but this one is on the hard right. Don't tune out. Own it. Live it. Take some responsibility for it.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoWell, we elected a president with authoritarian tendencies, and he's made over the executive branch in his image. > Sorry, but this one is on the hard right. Don't tune out. Own it. Live it. Take some responsibility for it. First of all, I'm not part of the hard right, so no, I don't own it, nor do I take some responsibility for it. I lean right, but not hard right or alt right or racist right, and I didn't vote for Trump. Don't tar me with this mess. Second, though, how is Trump being authoritarian? Well, he's acting through executive orders rather than through Congress. Who else did that? Obama. Now, Obama was more competent and more sane than Trump, but did that make Obama less authoritarian? Or just a better authoritarian? One who was authoritarian in directions that were more to your liking? You may raise the issue of deporting immigrants. Who else did that? Obama did it in large numbers. But people screamed much less. Why? Because Obama was their guy. Don't paint the problems as all on one side. They're not.
- malvosenior 8y agoGovernment regulation is definitely a leftist idea and not something typically associated with the right.
- crooked-v 8y agoThat's far from "far", though.
- malvosenior 8y agoIt depends on the type and amount of regulation. I'd definitely classify Doctorow and this blog post as far-left.
- digi_owl 8y agoIMO there is a particular kind of left that one find in and around the tech world, "Vally left" if you will. It is a kind of "left" that maybe front some social issues (in particular gender as of late) but that can't bring themselves to really question the way things work on a really deep level. The kind of left that would not know a industrial or service job if it landed on their head. Looking over the wikipedia article on him, Doctorow may well be described as a professional activist.
- tclancy 8y agoNow, sure. But don’t tell Teddy Roosevelt. Or Lincoln. And there’s a bunch of air traffic controllers who might disagree with you about Reagan.