this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2024
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (5 children)

to be fair, while the microwave might be collecting your info, it isn't shaping your children.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

I dunno, one kid from down the street near me looks pretty rectangular.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

the capitalist hellscape your children are living in is what's actually shaping them

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

The current US President is committing genocide and he grew up watching Howdy Doody.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

i assume u are down for banning all other capitalist controlled social media platforms too then?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Well if you put it like that... Yes

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As if the data just lays somewhere and just get collected, obviously it is sold to the highest bidder which knows what to do with it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

don't get me wrong, I don't mean to minimize that side, I just think there's a fair argument to be made that direct control of peoples eyeballs are potentially, comparatively, much more powerful.