I'm am so strict about what I watch on my yt account. Anything that is just a one off for curiosity or that I think will destroy my front page gets opened in a private browser or 3rd party app.
Fwiw, you can delete videos from your viewing history to theoretically fix it.
I think your deduction as to why we’re in the shape we’re in in the US is poorly formed. People didn’t just wake up one day and decide to get their news from the clown network and then they voted in a clown. People who wanted more power and control deregulated industries, moved money out of communities, worsened public education, monopolized the media, monopolized industry, and stoked fear until people wanted any change and promise of safety regardless of who gave it.
I figured I'd summarize to the more immediate issue instead of writing a treatise on the last 70 years of US society. Sorry, I guess?
As for the topic at hand, my point is that Cory isn't a "positive educated voice" in this matter. He's shoehorning his special interest that he's questionably qualified at into a topic that is entirely separate. And the only reason he has a platform is because he appeals to Internet denizens with his stoking of righteous anger at corporations. That's far from a good baseline to start with when the stakes are that much higher than a blog article.
Ultimately, my "bad opinion" that you think is so harmful is that people should listen to voices with experience on the matter. I gather from your reply that you have gripes with authority figures, but I promise you that letting pop figures dictate the discussion isn't going to solve anything.
If a hammer suggests using a nail to cook your sandwich, do you think maybe he has a point because he knows nails, or do you consider that maybe he just knows nothing about cooking?
Also, anyone can get "published". It means nothing.
The only new thing about this is that it's coming from the US. Irrational governments have and do exist in the real world and people have been dealing with them for centuries. Maybe look to them for answers instead of the random internet celebrity that has zero experience in the matter.
I'm not "taking it personally". And he's not just someone "commenting online" - he's advocating for the Canadian government to take specific action based on his unqualified opinion, and I'm saying it shouldn't be given a platform just because he has name recognition. It's not unreasonable to call that out, and acting like I'm being hysterical just to discredit me is shitty.
The content is meaningless because he isn't qualified. Valuing enjoyment and entertainment over information from people actually well versed in the given field is exactly how you get what's happening in the US right now. It's an appeal to emotion rather than logic - ironically something I expect Cory would claim to be against.
Your focus on my personal privilege and selfishness is myopic and indicates an unwillingness to engage with my points. Its an attack on my character and I earnestly don't care if you think I'm a piece of shit.
Lol. You have no points. You've only whined about not owing anyone anything to justify your previous whining, and then demand "everything" from the world and an "explanation" from those calling out your doomerism.
I want you to be better than me. I want you to face reality or explain to me why I am actually wrong.
Tough shit. I don't play nice with self-centered hypocrites and what you "want" is irrelevant when you're actively belligerent and antagonistic to everyone else. So how about you be better? The rest of us are busy trying to deal with everything else.
"Whine, whine, whine." The world doesn't owe you anything either, bud. And the only people that piss and moan about that are privileged children. Adults get to work making things happen, and understand it'll be long, frustrating work to do so.
Your claim that "the instance is abandoned" was demonstratably untrue, which you'd have known if you'd bothered to taken a second to verify.