Chris Espinosa on Twitter: "There is a really crucial insight in this tweet. Truth is costly, because proving truth is rigorous and time-consuming. Lies are cheap. “Credible sources being paywalled” is the result of the truth having to pay for itself due to poor public funding, a burden lies don’t have.… https://t.co/cTRJDlDZ9Z"

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There is a really crucial insight in this tweet. Truth is costly, because proving truth is rigorous and time-consuming. Lies are cheap. “Credible sources being paywalled” is the result of the truth having to pay for itself due to poor public funding, a burden lies don’t have.https://twitter.com/steak_umm/status/1420457701344260098 …

Steak-ummVerified account @steak_umm

distrust in institutions is complex. it's accelerated by people's access to infinite information, credible sources being paywalled, corruption, honest misteaks, or propaganda, but underneath it all is a cultural polarization dating back decades that won't be solved overnight

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1. Steak-umm‏Verified account @steak_umm 28 Jul 2021
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  it takes no effort to spread baseless lies and even with 10x the effort to correct them, the damage is never fully repaired
  
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1. no billionaires, especially that one.‏ @tamgoddess 28 Jul 2021
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  That line stood out for me as well. It's a big deal.
  
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1. Jack Coates‏ @puercomal 28 Jul 2021
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  The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." -- Brandolini's law
  
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1. Scott Anguish‏ @sanguish 28 Jul 2021
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  I never thought I’d say this, but… Steak-umm speaks the truth.
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1. JA‏ @JasonA_CA 28 Jul 2021
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  Damn. Sobering AF.
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1. K. Langoso ‏ @klangoso 28 Jul 2021
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  “The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do.”https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3228728-the-function-the-very-serious-function-of-racism-is-distraction …
  
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1. pica2pixel ‏ @pica2pixel 29 Jul 2021
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  Now point me to where I can find truth-sayer @steak_umm in my location
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1. April ‏ @mamarubinelli 29 Jul 2021
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  That part jumped out to me too
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