infuriates me when news reports assign an action/intent/emotion to "Russia" or "China" or "America" [sic], rather than its ruling class, not just because it promotes nationalist, often racist thinking, but because the nation-state is the wrong level of analysis for what's happening. #Infomocracy

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7end3h3k3akz7mcdlt7bnmej/post/3mgn4lrd4w22t
#Infomocracy #NarrativeDisorder I've been thinking of that post about the "extended universe" of that stupid ai "actress" & how they're trying to monetize the pathology of celebrity without having to involve celebrities; FB slop monetizing "water cooler moments" w/o needing them to really happen...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ig5djks6d6e6kyet32abh5zs/post/3mgiuckhqec24

"Time and again, ­we’ve heard large corporations urging a risky new technology on us, one that they say is totally safe and entirely necessary. ... But we are in favor of knowing the dangers before we commit ourselves to expensive, disastrous projects that will benefit a tiny few."

-- #MalkaOlder, #Infomocracy

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