• Libra00@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    For sure, I even said so.

    Social media makes it easier to fearmonger and spread hatred, no doubt

    I hate to break it to you though; I grew up during the Cold War and propaganda was literally everywhere before the invention of the internet. Perhaps you’ve heard of the Red Scare?

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      2 days ago

      I know it had always been there. But social media has made it so much more efficient. It’s hard to compare it with traditional media.

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        2 days ago

        That, I’m afraid, is the nature of technology: it makes everything easier, even the stuff you really wish it didn’t.