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This is an incredibly important essay about our current media climate, by

. My 2 takeaways: extremism is winning online because they’re the ones reaching out to teens in pain; not all capitalism is good, which explains the fall of journalism. medium.com/s/trustissues/

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Was going to suggest "seems like nationalism would be a solution", and was pleasantly surprised to see that's the author's proposed solution. ("As a nation come together, support the weak among us" is an emphasis on shared national identity)

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🤔🤔 what I don't get is that ... it seems pretty inherent that many of the people the author wishes to unite mutually see each other as hateful. It seems necessary to say "shared unity > emphasis on difference".

Cedric Chin

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I find many of her solutions deeply problematic, to be honest — but only on a “can it really be done?!” level. I think the real value I got out of the piece was just the way she framed the problems. I haven’t really thought through her recommendations.

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