Putin is slaughtering Ukrainians to prove to his supporters that he can slaughter Ukrainians

Bibi is slaughtering Palestinians to prove to his supporters that he can slaughter Palestinians

Trump is slaughtering random fishermen to prove to his supporters that they can slaughter Hispanics

So this Black Friday, skip the algorithmic “deals.” Instead, buy the zine from that artist you’ve been meaning to support. Grab a book from the shop with the creaky floorboards. Get the weird, wonderful thing you didn’t know you needed from the Etsy seller who hand-paints each one.

What does it meeeeaan?? 😅

Building the internet, in and of itself, was inescapable given technology's progress. Allowing it to become a signal equalizer for scientific fact & malicious gossip or outright lies, that was more preventable. Turning the "town square" over to for-profit entities, yes. That was completely idiotic.