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This is like saying "Just ignore the problem until it goes away," which is cute, but very naive. This is a systematic problem with huge economic incentives pushing things to the extreme. There is massive funding from state and political institutions amplifying and promoting extreme political views. This is come a long way from some lonely dweeb in his basement just looking to get a rise out of someone online.



hmm, I think that in this particular case ignoring it will make it go away.. because in the end, the problem is that people pay attention to it.

suppose nobody paid attention to such content in the first place, would it really be a problem in that case?

I think the tricky part is that if I ignore it, but no one else does, the problem is still there.


Suppose cancer didn't have any negative effects, then getting cancer wouldn't be a big deal.




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