• AvocadoCumToast@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    This guy raises cows and has fun figuring out ways to feed the cow to make the meat more richer.

    I’d bet $20 that’s how he sees us. Just feeding us addictive apps to make us yummier for advertisers. No concern for our wellbeing.

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        3 days ago

        It’s hard to mess up. In fact, Trump had to run off at least a few gambling addicts to tank his casino. Modern software engineers would find it difficult to create such friction in a digital environment.

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                2 days ago

                I would argue that some people in charge are very shrewd and get into positions of power. And some people are decent and become leaders (Zelenskyy and Obama as examples)

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                  did not get there by not being an idiot

                  This applies to both of them too. They weren’t elected for being smart, they both are smart but they leaned on charisma, speaking skills, and a sense of ‘genuineness’ to win their supporters’ favour. I really meant it. People simply do not get elected for seeming smart, and if they are smart they won’t try to sound smart while running for office in America.

                  I was fond of Obama when I was younger, but I look back with disdain on a lot of his track record. He sold people hope, and people look back on the time before Trump with understandably rosy glasses though, so I don’t begrudge anyone liking him.