I’m shocked that I haven’t seen one protest yet. Is the media suppressing them? If there aren’t any, why?

  • stickly@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    The Arab Spring is a great case study on why that type of resistance will never happen in the USA. The proliferation of social media was a key spark in those movements. Let’s take a look at what stance those platforms take today:

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      25 minutes ago

      Wasn’t social media necessary because the government blocked SMS? We now have plenty of alternative solutions that aren’t under the control of billionaires…