rafoix

joined 2 months ago
[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 19 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

You’re conflating words. Controlling ≠ organized. I’ve known a lot of disorganized slobs that pretend to be the king of the castle.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago

It’s the George W Bush “enemy combatant” bs to get a license to commit war crimes which the Democratic Party let slide because they’re centrists that are not interested in enforcing the laws.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Sport games sell very well every year and have tons of predatory monetization. The target audience is not very discerning.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 47 points 2 days ago (11 children)

There’s nothing wrong with genetically modifying foods. The problem is the exploitative legal contracts that they come with.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The people in power don’t care about people with a few shares. You can sell all your shares right now and nobody would notice.

Reddit’s power benefits whomever wants to push an agenda and a narrative while minimizing any info that could counter that.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 38 points 3 days ago

Senate rules are embarrassing. One corrupt person can block a law that would benefit everyone in the country. The vast majority of US senators are bribed by dozens of wealthy donors.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Reddit shareholders also own a lot of shares in much more lucrative industries.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 52 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Bots have been controlling votes on Reddit for years. It costs about $50 to get to the front page of Reddit.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 92 points 3 days ago (38 children)

Reddit’s value is its ability to use bots to manipulate and distribute information. It’s just like Twitter, meta and all the other social media platforms.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 58 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The wealthy want AI to be treated as actual intelligence when it is just a machine that spits out the words that its owner allows.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 days ago

He creates his own reality that his followers will claim it’s real. It isn’t.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 days ago

It is his final decision. Not the final decision.

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