e.g., Silicon Valley has many fauxlutions for privacy.https://twitter.com/aral/status/812603733553152000 …
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maybe even fauxproblem: a problem created to serve the interest of the person raising the issue.
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Hmm, isn’t a fauxproblem a straw man? :)
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I am thinking something more manufactured. Like the Gulf of Tonkin or the war on drugs.
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Ah, gotcha. Of course both fauxproblem & fauxlution could be summarised as misdirection. A term magicians know well.
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Or perhaps a solution to a problem nobody really had.
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I think that’s just called a failed business, no? :P
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Plenty of social platforms could be called that. The key is persuading people they have a need they don’t have.
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Ah, that’s ~different: “a need they don’t have” vs “a need they didn’t know they had”—manufactured needs bedrock of capitalism ;)
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A subcategory would be "security theater". Mostly seen at airports, where 200ml bottles are banned, but 2∗100ml is fine and dandy.
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Surely you know a terrorist wouldn’t be caught dead with 100ml bottles. Not terroristy enough :P
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Works perfectly to soothe the sheeple and gives the impression of 'doing something' to protect. It's sad actually :(
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It seems there must be superlative form, when the proposer has a vested interest in the continued existence of the problem
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That’s implied by definition (damn 140 character limit) ;)
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I would say governments are a fauxlution.
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Even worse if it creates even more problems!
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