This is a 20 minute segment from the Daily Show.
I included this full clip so nothing would be taken out of context. Most of it has to do with hypocritical Conservative Republicans using fear (suprise!) to claim that Democrats are using social media to control our thoughts when they’ve been caught doing the exact same thing.
Jon makes a really good point; Platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Twitter/X, TikTok – – whatever – – use algorithms to channel the direction they want the American people to go, basically giving the mindless sheep marching orders to take whatever action they want. Watch this ad, buy this product. Join this group, think like these folks. Read this post, vote for this person.
Mr. Big Boss Man and his powerful conglomerate has figured out how to worm their way inside people’s minds to influence and control them.
“Billionaires are designing machines to manipulate our speech to control our behavior and re-wire our brains.”
