SaidIt Survey : Which is worse - the thought police or the tax man?

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[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

There is also a lot of fake news around, though. You used to at least be able to trust the mainstream media, which you can't as of late, so I agree that it's hypocritical and manipulative for them to do so.

[–]CA_Taxpayer 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

You mean the "fake news" that "reputable media outlets" have been peddling for years, like Iraq had WMD's and Saudi Arabia had nothing to do with 9-11? The only difference between now and then is that nowadays the internet offers public platforms to people who used to not have a way to spread the truth. The oligarchs no longer have total control of the narrative like they used to.

[–]wizzwizz4 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Exactly like that.

Although, there is one other difference. You've got stuff thrown at you so quickly that you tend to just believe all the stories, instead of actually analysing them and checking whether they make sense. Only a simple heuristic is used, instead of the much more complex heuristics that take time and pondering. That means that you end up taking in mostly the things that you already believe in ⇒ echochamber.

[–]CA_Taxpayer 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Yes, you are totally right about this. A lot of people get their news from headlines and sound bites of publications that produce what they WANT to hear. This self-filtering/lack of real info has a lot to do with why our country is so divided, instead of coming together to fight the oligarchs like France has. Someone posted this on Reddit and it is right on the money: https://i.redd.it/c5t956aksa821.jpg

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I don't know most of the things on there.