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In reply to the discussion: On Boycotting Facebook [View all]Johnny2X2X
(24,287 posts)You're one of my favorite posters here MineralMan, your thoughts are intelligent and measured. What I think people fail to realize is that we can all be manipulated, the technology being unleashed on the American public right now is not advertising, it's mind control and manipulation. I can guarantee that you, I, and every other DU poster has a belief or two that is not true because of these manipulations and attacks. Maybe it's something relatively innocuous right now, like maybe something I have been led to believe about the DNC's behavior in the 2016 primaries is wrong, maybe some factoid I think I know about the Clintons is slanted slightly. Maybe buried in a seemingly pro Biden article post I read is something that planted a seed of doubt about something related to his son so that maybe in a few months I'll be more apt to believe something fishy was going on.
That's what's going on here. None of us are immune. Acknowledging that is part of the solution IMO. Facebook is an instrument of mind control and it's CEO has been bribed to allow it to be used unfettered. And this is not some fake news technique, these are carefully studied and scientific methods of mind control. It's a threat to our country in every way.