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Originally Posted by Damien
The US is already a hotbed of conspiracism. Worse than us.
I think what Elon Musk is doing is worse than the press here, they wouldn't go so far as to fake an entire article and detention camps, but he has more reach and is a foreign actor in all this which is additionally concerning. However much we disagree, Brits are all vested in avoiding societal collapse and turning us into a low-trust society. Elon Musk doesn't. We're a petri dish he can play with for his amusement. It's why he excitedly tweets about the UK coming to a civil war and promoting any evidence he can to that effect, he doesn't really give a damn if it happens or not.
We have systems to hold our government accountable, to hold each other accountable and to hold the press accountable to some extent. There is little power we have over these American tech giants.
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I’ve certainly read entirely fabricated stories in the UK press, sometimes at the whim of Downing Street and the establishment. Sure, not all of them are football fans urinating on the dead at Hillsborough, but it absolutely happens to stir up resentment for or against some groups. Similarly Piers Morgan’s famous staged photos of British soldiers abusing prisoners in Iraq. Didn’t do him any harm in the end.
I don’t think we are all invested in avoiding societal collapse any more. I’m not convinced the underclass would notice the difference. Which is where it’s a bit problematic that they’re underfunding the thin blue line to keep us apart.