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  • ruuster13@lemmy.ziptoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldConsumerism ahhhhh moment
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    2 months ago

    Sorry but wrong. You are not going to win this kind of battle against advertisers. If you notice the intrusion and hate the product, you weren’t in the market for their product in the first place. They don’t care that you hate their company. When you are in the market for the product, you won’t notice the intrusion or it won’t matter if you do; the ad is still increasing your exposure to their product in the ways that increase your chances of buying.







  • If you were paying attention and weren’t too radicalized by this point, you knew at the time what a legislative and impactful victory the Biden American Rescue Plan Act was. Boring, establishment Democrats know that the needle of progress moves slowly, especially in the face of constant, unrelenting GOP obstruction. They lost the messaging war to the youth, whose desire for radical change blinded them while online anti-American propaganda turned them away from Kamala, the only candidate on the ticket able to deliver progress, and give the GOP free reign to ruin all our futures. The villain is still unquestioningly the GOP, but it’s time to start critically evaluating the online platforms and pop-up news outlets from which you get your information. Foreign actors tint the information you are receiving to make you hate America. To believe things are worse than they really are, even now. Apathy is the enemy of democracy. The fediverse is well enmeshed in the problem.


  • AI truly has the capacity to topple billionaire hegemony and democratize/socialize everything. The hype we see from CEOs is a rebranding of their own fear. They want to control this tech so it doesn’t erase their power, which is why they are so invested in concentrating its power in datacenters as well as seeking AGI. Concentrating power is how they control it. It’s the reason they fight everything from unions to OSHA to work from home - these all undermine their power. They view AGI as the magical tool that will be hosted in a datacenter and allow them to maintain control over AI in general. They are flying too close to the sun. We are not the ones who should be afraid.