• etherphon@piefed.world
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    Idk why these articles keep saying things are happening quietly, like no one is noticing, trust me, everyone is noticing.

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      It’s the new meta.

      We stopped clicking “Could X be Y?” and “you won’t believe X” formats.

      Now they have a new one: it’s all vaguely a conspiracy and they’re coming for YOU! You’re just not paying enough attention!

      That’s all to say people are fucking stupid and online media is exploitative as fuck.

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        Ahh yeah that’s a good point, it’s the perfect strategy for these times too, I guess. Plus it probably makes people feel smart, “oh I noticed that, no one else did? Morons.”

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          People are definitely waking up though, in the sense that the oligarchal media is increasingly unable to deny reality, so people who don’t pay attention are starting to finally get it through

          (So there’s room for hope in a sense?)