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[–] Free_Opinions@feddit.uk 14 points 11 months ago (7 children)

Social media is what happened. Consuming negativity all day every day makes people angry and depressed - who would've thought.

[–] FantasmaNaCasca@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Social media is just the sparkles and decorations.

This isn't new. Authoritarians aren't new.

[–] Free_Opinions@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

The current events are nothing new - social media is.

[–] FantasmaNaCasca@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You are making my point. This isnt new. Social media is, but this situation isn't. So social media didnt create the problem.

Pronounce it, maybe. But didn't create it.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

The point is that social media is a major contributor.

No kidding these issues existed. “Newness” isn’t what’s up for debate.

[–] Free_Opinions@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago

The fact that people are constantly talking and making everything about politics is the "problem" I'm talking about here and that is what I'm almost entirely blaming social media for. It's not the world events I'm blaming social media for but the reaction people have to them.

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