Baldur BjarnasonA recurring thing you see on social media, tech especially, is an intense discussion between two seemingly diametrically opposite positions, neither side realising that the “opposites” are artificial—their sides are socially defined to be in conflict but, actually, both can be true at the same time
Lar Van Der Jagt@baldur a long time ago I read an article that described this dynamic, in the context of using it to deliberately direct narratives/discourse towards a desired end. I found that so diabolical that I frequently think back to that article, but unfortunately I never bookmarked it and I’ve been unable to track it down again.