• Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 hours ago

    A) I don’t think there’s anything illegal, here, and B) of course large private agencies manipulate elections, from news agencies to SuperPACs to social media, and C) there’s not a heck of a lot we can do about that.

    The best thing we can do is smarten up and think for ourselves. In short, we’re doomed!😅

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      2 hours ago

      I agree that it’s probably not illegal for him to do that. But it is solvable if we decide to legislate some long overdue guardrails.

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        I’ve always said that in order to get access to the internet, you should need a yearly updated photograph of your genitals that is easily displayed whenever you post something online.

        That way, when you try to sway someones opinions, they can see how big your penis is, and say “No actually, shut up. You have a small penis, Elon Musk!”

        Finally a way for the big penis club members to be taken seriously intellectually, and not just paraded around for our good looks!

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      2 hours ago

      This was my first question. Where is the line between election “participation” and election “interference”? Putting a political sign on my lawn certainly isn’t interference?

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        Is your lawn a network of millions of people, which censors differing opinions, and deletes others signs?