We had factual examples of deliberate manipulation,
using facebook, by cambridge analytica during the brexit campaign. There were leaked communications by Bannon and one of the senior devs of CA was a whistleblower. Leave won, the UK is in the gutter. If we didn’t just fucking kick those platforms and their CEOs into orbit then, we won’t do it now. We already lost. Our only chance is to remove English as an official language of the EU and go back to German or Spanish or French or something else that would increase the cost of mass manipulation. The american brand of capitalism has condemned the world misery for the next 200 years just so boomers could get two vacation homes.
Our only chance is to remove English as an official language of the EU and go back to German or Spanish or French or something else that would increase the cost of mass manipulation. The american brand of capitalism has condemned the world misery for the next 200 years just so boomers could get two vacation homes.
This is why conservatives regularly complain about Quebec speaking French because having a unique language is the ultimate protection against propaganda. Note the fascist Pierre Poilievre conservatives couldn’t crack the Quebec code while the rest of Canada fell for his tricks.
If we didn’t just fucking kick those platforms and their CEOs into orbit then, we won’t do it now. We already lost. Our only chance is to remove English as an official language of the EU and go back to German or Spanish or French or something else that would increase the cost of mass manipulation.
What a logic. We won’t ban it now because we didn’t it then. But ‘removing English’ as ‘official language of the EU’ would help according to you. This is, of course, complete rubbish.
Our only chance is to remove English as an official language of the EU and go back to German or Spanish or French or something else that would increase the cost of mass manipulation
I don’t think it’s our only chance, but it’s definitely a very valid point and something that I’ve been thinking about quite a lot since Brexit. Foreign powers would have a much harder time if people only spoke their native languages, but it’s not something that’s going to change anytime soon. And it would have a lot of downsides too.
We had factual examples of deliberate manipulation, using facebook, by cambridge analytica during the brexit campaign. There were leaked communications by Bannon and one of the senior devs of CA was a whistleblower. Leave won, the UK is in the gutter. If we didn’t just fucking kick those platforms and their CEOs into orbit then, we won’t do it now. We already lost. Our only chance is to remove English as an official language of the EU and go back to German or Spanish or French or something else that would increase the cost of mass manipulation. The american brand of capitalism has condemned the world misery for the next 200 years just so boomers could get two vacation homes.
This is why conservatives regularly complain about Quebec speaking French because having a unique language is the ultimate protection against propaganda. Note the fascist Pierre Poilievre conservatives couldn’t crack the Quebec code while the rest of Canada fell for his tricks.
U.K. is an unfortunate example of how it can really go wrong.
I was just searching for a concise list of elections gone sideways, but unfortunately I haven’t found yet the correct algorithm(/s)
I did find some other results, for elections in USA and Brazil. And, also this worrisome international Ipsos report.
What a logic. We won’t ban it now because we didn’t it then. But ‘removing English’ as ‘official language of the EU’ would help according to you. This is, of course, complete rubbish.
The protection a unique language gives flew out the windows the moment llms came on the scene.
I don’t think it’s our only chance, but it’s definitely a very valid point and something that I’ve been thinking about quite a lot since Brexit. Foreign powers would have a much harder time if people only spoke their native languages, but it’s not something that’s going to change anytime soon. And it would have a lot of downsides too.