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[–] 51 points 1 month ago* (13 children)

Idiots exist with or without knowledge. What the world needs to learn is to not put idiots into positions of power, and to remove the ones that found their way into power.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    That's absolutely right; the only problem is that those chief-idiot are so rich that they control most of what the Internet means to the vast majority of people.

    That's just how people are, unfortunately, as evidenced by the fact that platforms like Twitter or Reddit, for example, are still used by the masses.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    Sorry, idiots are popular with idiots so the idiots vote for the idiot and now the idiot is in charge.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (5 children)

    Yes, because idiots allowed vile malicious non-idiots to gain control of their "news" media and stock markets, so OFC that went down hill fast.

    Again: It's all about preventing and removing idiots from power, not about trying to control the masses of idiots.

    You control the up-stream. Fighting down-stream is just begging to be pissed on.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Sorry, power rests in the hands of the people.

    Most of whom are idiots.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Sorry, power rests in the hands of the billionaires and oligarchs.

    Ftfy

    The people only have a facade

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    Thousands of articles of misinformation isn't power. It's a reminder on what to avoid and fact check.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Soon the arbiters of actual facts will be so broke they can't afford to peddle them anymore. Only those with financial incentive to shape truth will be providing "facts."

    AI will likely be their greatest hammer.

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