Theres a lot about this supposed silencing of dissenting opinions that really rings hollow in media. You see rich folks gushing out the eyeballs with money, the “intellectual dark web” who are not silent at all, in fact they are still speaking and making gobs of money. In today’s society, which would probably make Orwell livid, pretending to be Winston (**** you Dave Rubin you pretentious hack) is a marketing gimmick designed to create a boogeyman out of the opposition and poison the well before people get to the discussion so you dont have to argue with people that say you are wrong. It is a very effective marketing ploy and an incredibly self serving one. Remember if you are still speaking and making gobs of money doing so, you have not been silenced so the media should stop pretending otherwise. There are countless other people who have never had a voice, countless others who are silent. If you are someone like Trump Jr. Dont pretend you are some rogue figure fighting against the man. You are in ****ing power mah dude.
Its a rant yeah but the sheer pretentiousness of this marketing gimmick is pretty bad. If i have to watch you before every video, you havnt been silenced. One reason i say this is because ive fallen for this gimmick before.
Well, let us move a moment from the J.K. Rowlings and Dave Rubins of the world for a moment, i.e., people with gobs of money and massive pre-existing followings and the social purchase that comes from this. Like many things in life, there is a spectrum. I think there is definitely a problem of silencing. It is not people being dragged out of their homes at midnight by the NKVD. It is really technology companies deciding who is and who is not worth listening to, and who is worthy of abuse and who is worthy of protection. Google/YouTube, Facebook and Twitter will arbitrarily decide what is worthy of being shown on their platforms (I should not say "arbitrarily", there is a method to their madness) by censoring or removing people from them who interfere with the flow of advertisement revenue. If a little fish like you or I with a relatively small channel (if we had one) or following says something that offends enough people to get us Twitter-mobbed or down-voted by rabidly self-righteous left-wing bigots or creepy 4Chan trolls/Neo-Nazis, well, we might very well have our lives ruined to some degree, especially if we are doxxed or our employers are made to be involved and we are fired in an effort to save face or controversy. If you have a nasty Tweet from back when you were in Middle School that you said just to be edgy, you may be very well looking at not being admitted into the college of your choice. That certainly is not a problem for someone with millions of dollars in the bank. This is a problem for those with little power to begin with.
I think this comes down to the problem of private technology monopolies being so heavily integrated into our lives that being cut off from them or punished by them and through them can be a life-destroying experience. This is true whether we are talking about doxxing, emotional abuse leading to suicide (especially among children and young adults), a sudden spate of bad reviews against your employer leading to your job termination, etc. Technology firms have come to control the life chances of the vast majority of society. It is not a matter of the government silencing you. It is not even a matter of your local community silencing you. Now it is a matter of your life being ruined by people half a world away from you if you say something that offends someone with greater power than you, i.e., the technology firm's advertisers.
Well, let us move a moment from the J.K. Rowlings and Dave Rubins of the world for a moment, i.e., people with gobs of money and massive pre-existing followings and the social purchase that comes from this. Like many things in life, there is a spectrum. I think there is definitely a problem of silencing. It is not people being dragged out of their homes at midnight by the NKVD. It is really technology companies deciding who is and who is not worth listening to, and who is worthy of abuse and who is worthy of protection. Google/YouTube, Facebook and Twitter will arbitrarily decide what is worthy of being shown on their platforms (I should not say "arbitrarily", there is a method to their madness) by censoring or removing people from them who interfere with the flow of advertisement revenue. If a little fish like you or I with a relatively small channel (if we had one) or following says something that offends enough people to get us Twitter-mobbed or down-voted by rabidly self-righteous left-wing bigots or creepy 4Chan trolls/Neo-Nazis, well, we might very well have our lives ruined to some degree, especially if we are doxxed or our employers are made to be involved and we are fired in an effort to save face or controversy. If you have a nasty Tweet from back when you were in Middle School that you said just to be edgy, you may be very well looking at not being admitted into the college of your choice. That certainly is not a problem for someone with millions of dollars in the bank. This is a problem for those with little power to begin with.
I think this comes down to the problem of private technology monopolies being so heavily integrated into our lives that being cut off from them or punished by them and through them can be a life-destroying experience. This is true whether we are talking about doxxing, emotional abuse leading to suicide (especially among children and young adults), a sudden spate of bad reviews against your employer leading to your job termination, etc. Technology firms have come to control the life chances of the vast majority of society. It is not a matter of the government silencing you. It is not even a matter of your local community silencing you. Now it is a matter of your life being ruined by people half a world away from you if you say something that offends someone with greater power than you, i.e., the technology firm's advertisers.
Theres a lot about this supposed silencing of dissenting opinions that really rings hollow in media. You see rich folks gushing out the eyeballs with money, the “intellectual dark web” who are not silent at all, in fact they are still speaking and making gobs of money. In today’s society, which would probably make Orwell livid, pretending to be Winston (**** you Dave Rubin you pretentious hack) is a marketing gimmick designed to create a boogeyman out of the opposition and poison the well before people get to the discussion so you dont have to argue with people that say you are wrong. It is a very effective marketing ploy and an incredibly self serving one. Remember if you are still speaking and making gobs of money doing so, you have not been silenced so the media should stop pretending otherwise. There are countless other people who have never had a voice, countless others who are silent. If you are someone like Trump Jr. Dont pretend you are some rogue figure fighting against the man. You are in ****ing power mah dude.
Its a rant yeah but the sheer pretentiousness of this marketing gimmick is pretty bad. If i have to watch you before every video, you havnt been silenced. One reason i say this is because ive fallen for this gimmick before.
Someone didnt read the thread.....Yes, this is Scamdemic. The dissenters and truth tellers are quickly censored. The US Treasury is being plundered in its name. The nation has been terrorized by the constant fear mongering by the mainstream media and Fauci & Co.
A sad comment on what the US has become.
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