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Solar Has Crossed a Critical Economic Tipping Point | Solar now requires no more upfront capital than coal or gas to produce the same annual electricity (oilprice.com)
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[–] 14 points 13 hours ago (1 child)

Why do you say it like it's an eternal inevitability? Propagandists spend so much time and money on propaganda because it has to be maintained at a certain pressure to effectively change someone's behavior. The solution to the propaganda problem, then, is to combat propaganda, not wring our hands in despair. We've been busting up propaganda rings since the dawn of the written word, it can be done. Just needs people to do it.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 hours ago* (1 child)

    Propagandists spend so much time and money on propaganda

    Your mistake is believing that they are spending much money. It's actually a small fraction of the money they make from burning the planet, miniscule if compared to the amounts accumulated over decades, and it's also the easiest option. They could also just buy politicians who are incredible cheap but still more expensive than the ongoing media desinformation campaign that mostly runs on its own because the clickbait industry journalism has become runs on stories the propaganda victims want to hear.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 hours ago (1 child)

    I guess it depends on what you call much. influence campaigns are clearly profitable, at least some of the time, but just because the profits are greater doesn't mean the costs aren't still significant.

    And, I think the more active people are in countering propaganda, the more expensive it becomes to achieve the same effect. I think just believing the effects of propaganda are inevitable (and acting on that belief) has the effect of making deception that much more economical and effective for those who wish to deceive for their own selfish ends.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 hours ago

    I think the more active people are in countering propaganda

    Oh, so you never actually tried to talk to those lost propaganda victims conditioned to reject facts (because otherwise they wouldn't fall obvious bullshit anyway) and can't be convinced of reality anymore?

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