also the optics of investigations are about grandstanding and the bully pulpit, sure, but they also can actually be for the purpose of investigating to see if there was in fact wrongdoing when there facially appears to possibly be some, so bsky.app/profile/asha...

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the problem with takes like this is they assume the behavior of zuck et al is somehow irrational/political/etc, when in fact it's an extremely rational choice when your options are "get strung up (metaphorically, possibly literally)" vs "nothing, maybe someone says something mean about you once"

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when a side defects without consequence you are now playing a fundamentally rigged game and the only way to fix it is to ensure defectors are punished in such a way that they learn there are consequences to all their choices

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futurism.com/future-socie... lol

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Support for authoritarian leaders can spread socially among citizens in democracies. Exposing people to peers with varying political views tended to adjust their own preference for strongman rule to match the attitudes of those around them. www.psypost.org/anti-democra...

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