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1. Clubbe+(OP)[view] [source] 2021-09-20 00:26:15
>because hate, hate, hate, hate.

That's what sells ads. If you read an article that makes you feel superior to another group of people, like "look what these stupid people are doing," in so many words, that's a hate-monger company. There are many. Fear also sells, and it's a cousin to hate. You can't really have hate without fear. Fear of loss, fear of some unknown boogie man (George Soros, Koch brothers, etc.) It's all to sell advertisements and keep you WATCHING and READING! Pretty sad that is all it takes: money.

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2. andrep+I[view] [source] 2021-09-20 00:35:21
>>Clubbe+(OP)
It's amazing the huge amount of the world's ills that ultimately can be traced back to advertising. Online social networks have only turbocharged it.
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3. newbam+s4[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-09-20 01:19:55
>>andrep+I
Engagement == enragement

A very simple cause and effect that nobody will do anything about because dollarinos.

4. sangno+Q8[view] [source] 2021-09-20 02:11:30
>>Clubbe+(OP)
> That's what sells ads.

The failure modes of the combination of democracy and America-style capitalism are fascinating, as is the reluctance of those with authority to act, to do so.

The American media is both too docile to ask difficult questions (so as to maintain access), while simultaneously riling up viewers' emotions with opinion-shows. Independent media in other western countries do a better job at holding authorities to account - even with something as basic as asking follow-up questions at press-conferences, or pushing back at incorrect characterizations.

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