paniczeezily
joined 1 month ago
Oh I see, sorry! I'm so quick to try to have an argument.
Yeah, hence my water use analogy.
Sure, that doesn't mean they aren't encountering them elsewhere, very few people are on a single social media, very few people are not directly affected by the news cycle, it's all part of it.
Imo it's not worth acting like we're unaffected just cause we're here.
Feels like victim blaming the people who are currently being manipulated by algorithms which specfically draw people deeper and deeper into content designed to make them angry.
"It's your fault for being manipulated!" You scream at the top of your lungs. It's like when my state asks me to preserve water, but it barely regulates industrial water supply. Which is somewhere between 90 and 95% of total usage.
Maybe you are trying to treat a symptom, and maybe ignoring the direct cause is a bit of a problem.