Stupid Trumpkin Tricks

[Rajoo]

Guess this post belongs here as much as any other.

A great article on WaPo to read and weep silently. And in nearly eight years, nothing has changed in the Trump world, especially since he is now the Man and the Party rolled into one.

The day Silicon Valley rode Trump’s escalator to nowhere

Let me be clear: Hitler didn’t need Instagram. Mussolini didn’t need to tweet. Murderous autocrats did not need to Snapchat their way to infamy. But just imagine if they’d had those supercharged tools. Well, Trump did, and he won the 2016 election, thanks in large part to social media. It wasn’t the only reason, but it’s easy to see a direct line from FDR mastering radio to JFK mastering TV to Trump mastering social media. And Trump didn’t do it alone. Purveyors of propaganda, both foreign and domestic, saw an opportunity to spread lies and misinformation. Today, malevolent actors continue to game the platforms, and there’s still no real solution in sight because these powerful platforms are doing exactly what they were designed to do.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...ilicon-valley/