10-07-2016, 03:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-07-2016, 03:43 PM by Eric the Green.)
Right mikebert, and facebook is even better than the ones X_4AD_84 cited, like Twitter and Snap Chat. If millies prefer those sites, it just seems to indicate that millies are not interested in discussions of any depth. It may also be a trend among all generations today. Boomers and Xers might just have older forms of distraction.
I would hope not; probably millies like young people in general follow the fads, and twitter and instagram and such are fads. But these tech-driven trends may be intended by the some of the capitalist bosses to distract the people from real thought. And this election and the polls are certainly likely to increase that trend. Not only because Trump is mere shallow entertainment without substance, but the polls show a stronger than ever division among those who are college educated who prefer Hillary and non-college educated who prefer Trump. Remember Trump's famous comment after winning the Nevada primary? "I love the poorly-educated" he said.
Republicans have never favored education, except for the wealthy; as they favor everything for the wealthy. The Republicans want an uneducated electorate. They can win elections with their support. They claim that the real elites are "cultural", instead of themselves and the corporate bosses they represent. So the bosses they represent, perhaps, are giving us these kinds of social media to facilitate ignorance. That's just my speculation; I'm not saying what's true for sure.
I have certainly posted my share on facebook, and it is clear that a forum like this is not only more of a community, but less subject to trolls than facebook is. Even despite some exceptions, the posters here are far more civil than those on facebook. "Discussions" there are more likely to be shouting matches using expletives. That goes for comments on you tube videos as well.
I would hope not; probably millies like young people in general follow the fads, and twitter and instagram and such are fads. But these tech-driven trends may be intended by the some of the capitalist bosses to distract the people from real thought. And this election and the polls are certainly likely to increase that trend. Not only because Trump is mere shallow entertainment without substance, but the polls show a stronger than ever division among those who are college educated who prefer Hillary and non-college educated who prefer Trump. Remember Trump's famous comment after winning the Nevada primary? "I love the poorly-educated" he said.
Republicans have never favored education, except for the wealthy; as they favor everything for the wealthy. The Republicans want an uneducated electorate. They can win elections with their support. They claim that the real elites are "cultural", instead of themselves and the corporate bosses they represent. So the bosses they represent, perhaps, are giving us these kinds of social media to facilitate ignorance. That's just my speculation; I'm not saying what's true for sure.
I have certainly posted my share on facebook, and it is clear that a forum like this is not only more of a community, but less subject to trolls than facebook is. Even despite some exceptions, the posters here are far more civil than those on facebook. "Discussions" there are more likely to be shouting matches using expletives. That goes for comments on you tube videos as well.
