or deep thinkers

they weren't

only difference is that now, we live in an era of unprecedented democratization

which means that we get to truly see the banality of most ppl's existence

out in the open

same reason why our celebrities are shitheads and music is just ppl selling sex

extreme democritization

of taste

in the past, the nobles decided what was "tasteful"

ppl always assumed that social media would be an unwarranted goldmine of sorts
back in the early days

it would just be of ppl sharing ideas and books and what not

yeah, now we're back to different sections or factions

you can stay on twitter, youtube and follow certain intellectual peeps

I don't think its all that bad tho

this is just societal flux that happens right after a communication revolution

like, soon after the printing press and widespread availability of bibles

things actually became much worse

for a short period of time

ppl went around burning witches based on certain phrases, that which was previously ignored by priests

similarly, we're in a constant weekly witchunt

constant cycle of offense followed by apologoy and firing

soon, ppl would get tired of it

justs like the witchhunts of the past

or not..

because tech seems to keep disrupting

maybe we're at a stage of constant turbulence

just when we think the distruption of certain spheres by tech is settling

they're already coming up with the next ones

like what ?

news ?

i'm on twitter

I follow a very select group of people and publications

its good

nobody who "outrages"

@Vannevariable just avoid the mess

don't follow people who have zero nuance

and like to get social currency by outraging

or virtue signalling

@Furlong you Brazilian ?

nice

I love Bolsonaro

I know that most of what he says is political rhetoric
he can do a good job
I'm hoping for the best, tbh

I'm excited that he's pro-business

and open to privatizing many state entities

our elections are coming up in May

India

its good, we elected our right-wing populist in 2014

before there was even a term such as - right wing populist

they've done pretty well, imo

what access ?

not that I've heard of
except that companies like whatsapp have to keep their data in servers within the country

which is standard security measure

its also possible that whatsapp might co-operate with law enforcement

ok, I'll look into it

companies will always find a way around those regulations

Govt here has a hangover from their pre-90s socialist days

of overhanded regulations

I mean amazon and walmart

in any case, the most important problem for the future is land and labor laws reform

which can stimulate the manufacturing sector by making it easy to open up factories

providing millions of jobs

if we don't become the next China, we might implode

imagine all those young ppl with no jobs

recipe for disaster

when ppl's livelihoods are threatened, they panic and vote for socialist parties

or worse, communist parties

but so far, the general trend has been towards freer markets

lets see

@Stefan Payne where u from ?

its funny, ppl here are generally very optimistic
ppl in developed countries seem to be more depressed

maybe because you're already at the top and there's no way to go but down or stay the same

@GoldenPhoenix I love populists, tbh

lmao

Austria or Germany

lel

I feel developed generally means plateaued

developing means there's a lot of scope

for faster rate growth

@Stefan Payne chill mayne..

AfD is there

the more they clamp down, they more they're increasing support for right-wing populism

we have a state run by communist party

and I mean that literally

not hyperbolically

democratic communism

yeah, they have high unemployment rates

but also high literacy rates and other HDI indicators

yep, ppl are already looking towards Germany's Mittlestand model

Germs also give workers supervisory board seats

which keeps bloating executive pay in check

oof

what law

@halfthink

yep

crash is coming around 2020

basically during campaigning

lol what

!agree

does AIU have a server ?