Big oof

We need tech regulation.

Here’s a great interview that explains why:

https://youtu.be/jsHoX9ZpA_M

In short, in order for democracy to work, we need shared trust. To have shared trust, we need a common basis of reality.

Our current unregulated informational landscape fragments reality and polarizes people because it is the most profitable thing to do, but it is death to a functioning society.

Here are some ideas:

• Do a risk assessment for your specific situation and relationships and work to reduce your risk
• Form stronger bonds with people in your community
• Read history and the mechanisms of similar situations
• Work to reduce fascists radicalization where you can (hint: probably not online)
• Stop enabling whiny “there’s nothing we can do” bullshit

My dude, if things get worse Canadians are not going to be in a position to offer anything. All this trade war shit will annihilate our economy, for a start. And if we get invaded, how can we help? This is like Russians asking Ukrainians for aid.

I mean, realistically, people will figure things out on a local level if and when it happens, but it doesn’t sound like you have thought through the implications of where things could be going.

They have a strong individualist consumer culture. If they can’t individually consume their way out of it, many of them think they’ve done everything they can.