An interesting pattern is starting to emerge.
All of the big organizations who claim to be against Putin’s invasion of Ukraine are taking actions in response to it that will only make the conflict worse.
For example, Tik Tok is shadow banning anti-war protesters in Russia while boosting pro-war propaganda. In fact, most tech-based lines of communication between Ukrainians and Russians have been cut, thereby making it easier for each group to be dehumanized in the eyes of the other.
If you were really against the war, wouldn’t you want communication between the citizens of the belligerents? Wouldn’t you want anti-war activists to have as much reach as possible?
Something isn’t adding up here…
This is EPISODE 871 of So to Speak w/ Jared Howe!
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