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Originally Posted by unit
literally everything the white house spews is bullshit. they lied since the very first day of their administration with their inauguration numbers and have been lying about everything ever since.
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Only the government has the power to use force against individuals.
No company can kidnap you for failing to pay an invoice. The government can and will jail you for failing to pay taxes. This special privilege given to government is the ultimate power in society - the power to implement rules and the ability to use force to maintain them. If you get to the highest levels of government, you can obtain this power.
There is a trade-off between the highest levels of government and the highest levels of companies. CEOs are typically highly educated while government officials are typically lawyers. 1/5 CEOS are psychopaths while 1/100 people are psychopaths. It seems that if you're highly ambitious, inherently manipulative, and mentally sharp you'd probably make a good CEO. These same people are at the highest levels of government. In fact, they're friends. They're made deals to help each other while we pay for it.
The news media, which was the traditional source of information isn't trustworthy because they're politicized. I would argue that they were never trustworthy but I don't think you can deny it today. They focus on events that agree with their narrative and flat out ignore anything that doesn't. There is no objectivity.
The big tech companies have a huge influence on the general public through the use of social media websites. None of them can be trusted for a variety of reasons, namely selling our data. The worst offenders are Google, Facebook, and especially Reddit. Facebook for example is regulated by people so you'll see groups that span the extremes of political ideology. Reddit is regulated by mods so the discussions are completely biased. They make decisions based on ideology, plus they're funded by China.
And it seems like it's getting worse every year. This place is a great microcosm of the general nature of political debate on the news and online. You pick a side and defend it no matter what. You laugh at a meme. You read a headline or if you read more it's to affirm your bias. You mock people instead of arguing your point. Despite all the progress we've made as a species it seems as though we live in a sick society. The alien invasion can't come soon enough. Maybe then we'll get along.