this hasn’t been a conversation for hours

I thought if you had read it this might be a worthwhile conversation.

I wanted to see if it was worth continuing this conversation

I’m confident it is propaganda, but not having seen it, I don’t know what politics it is pushing.

no.

not having seen it, I obviously can’t tell you what is messages are.

I have no interest though. do you have a point?

have you read Foucault?

if anyone thinks any of these spammed links is proof, please point it out. I’m not clicking every one. this is the most blatant Gish gallops I’ve seen in months.

calling me names won’t change the facts.

only one of them* is peer-reviewed. it doesn’t actually support the claim that you’re using it to support. The others are of dubious validity, but they also don’t make the same very strong claim that you have.

edit: “them” was in reference to the comment a few back in the thread. the gish gallop of links that appeared after i wrote this comment all appear to be peer reviewed.

no, I’m examining your position, and the evidence provided, and found that they are insufficient.

turns out, everything is political, so, yes, it’s all propaganda.

I haven’t seen them, but I do know they work with the pentagon, so my guess is they aim to legitimize American hegemony and military spending

it shows that the evidence you’ve provided doesn’t actually support your claim

it’s not useless if it describes something.

it doesn’t need to be misconstrued. the best propaganda imho is totally true and in context. spreading it with some kind of political goal is still propaganda.

the only peer reviewed source you provided spends as much time detailing risks as it does explaining potential benefits, and it’s based on a single case study.

I like open protocols and free software, and during the API exodus there was finally enough content that I wanted to jump ship.

of course I had annoyances with reddit, but I have annoyances with Lemmy too.

it’s still preferable imho

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