That's why diversity of sources is the only way to escape censorship: you get one half truth from one source, another half truth from another source, then two halves make whole truth.

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ben_w an hour ago | parent | next [-]

That's also trivial to manipulate; control the narrative, and you control the Overton window. People picking the middle of two fake options are still under the influence of whoever chose those options — just ask any stage magician.

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GoblinSlayer an hour ago | parent [-]

Narrative is controlled by censorship.

	▲	ben_w an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		And/or propaganda. Everyone can feel censorship, everyone can learn what they're punished for saying. Propaganda, though, that can feel like learning, like personal growth and development. If censorship comes with a stick, propaganda is a carrot. And today, we have as much of a problem with metaphorical obesity as with literal obesity.
	▲	intended 29 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		This was the old world. In our world narrative control is not by restrictions, but by abundance. Flood the zone writ large.

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intended 27 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This assumes you have the cognitive resources to do that. Most people just switch to someone they trust to avoid exactly this. Matter of fact, that was the major advantage of the net back in the day.

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locknitpicker 43 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

> That's why diversity of sources is the only way to escape censorship:

No, it's a page out of the old fascist playbook where flooding the stage with propaganda generates enough confusion to help fascists further their hateful agenda.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance