“No! You’re dumb and your opinions are poorly justified! You must listen to us instead!” - billionaire media

The problem with being sharp eyed and skeptical all the time is it’s really hard to also have a sense of humor and recognize jokes

No confirmed cases, but sci fi novels and commentators have been talking about it since the 90s - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_market

The way that it’s so impossible to tell what’s organically popular and what’s just a hype campaign is honestly so maddening, it’s not as blatant as what they do with political campaigns but it is still an attack on democratic pluralism in a really significant way imo

e; ‘pluralism’? where tf did you even remember that from - searches -

Pluralism thus tries to encourage members of society to accommodate their differences by avoiding extremism (adhering solely to one value, or at the very least refusing to recognize others as legitimate) and engaging in good faith dialogue.

I mean, sure, but just not with genocidal people, right?

One of the more famous arguments for institutional pluralism came from [noted slavery advocate and slave owner] James Madison in The Federalist paper number 10

Maaaann, I hate politics

That’s the Biden administration brand moderation I’ve come to know and loathe

I don’t know enough about this situation to say whether or not Ward is a good person, but it’s weird how Carter seems to just get a pass here

Small amount of “hey this pisses off progressives, lets do more” thrown in for good measure

One of these hung out near my parents house one summer when I was a kid and made a hunting strategy out of grabbing prey birds mid flight and dive bombing them into the bay windows of our living room

Just saying “my city did it and it was great” doesn’t tell anyone anything