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The Republic Is In Peril — Jack A. Goldstone

The Joe Walker Podcast

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The Pernicious System of Social Media

A handful of mega technology companies dominate the way we communicate with each other while raking in huge amounts of money and providing relatively few jobs. Plus, it turns out that social media doesn't only just connect everybody. It is even better at connecting focused groups whose focus is whatever pushes their emotional buttons. "In some ways, media is to conspiracy groups what cigarettes were to nicotine addiction," he says.

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