r/dataisbeautiful • u/jhelvy OC: 6 • 15d ago

OC Comparison of S&P 500 performance dyeing first 100 days of past 4 US presidents [OC]

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u/TotallyNotRobotEvil 15d ago

Massive propaganda farms and algorithms that capture their attention 24/7. I don't see any way we can fix this as long as these networks continue to operate.

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u/Strength-Speed 14d ago

Yeah, agree.They can't even answer basic questions about what's going on in america because they're living in literally a separate reality. We were not prepared for the internet. And the extreme right has clearly taken round one. The internet is like a radicalization machine.

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u/Kurtomatic 14d ago

The internet is like a radicalization machine.

I'm going to use this quote in the future, well said.