• stevedidwhat_infosec
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    7 months ago

    Mmm… well it does matter from the context that actual violence is down. When we’re talking about violent crimes.

    It doesn’t matter when talking about this other problem, that the media is essentially a constitutionally protected capitalism and greed factory.

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      7 months ago

      It doesn’t matter in terms of what people believe, how they vote and what policies are enacted since those are all based on fear.

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        7 months ago

        Are you implying that the majority of people don’t look at facts and statistics?

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            7 months ago

            Do you have any evidence or data to support this conclusion, or are you participating in the behavior?

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                7 months ago

                Yes. Because not everything that appears intuitive, is fact. This is how disinformation is spread. It is a vulnerability in the human psychology.

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                  7 months ago

                  If you were right and people researched things they heard on the news, disinformation wouldn’t spread. And Biden wouldn’t have to say that violent crime is historically low.

                  I mean I have no idea why you think he would bother saying it if most people researched this stuff.

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                    7 months ago

                    Perhaps to reiterate that he’s bringing value to the US for the upcoming election?

                    Perhaps to cover all the bases, for those that don’t look at fact/evidence (meaning not necessarily a majority of people not looking at fact)

                    I mean the possibilities are endless, i feel like you’re taking a pretty narrow view to this subject