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They're paid by people who understand all of this very well and will profit. That's the whole reason this exists.
Yes, that's the point. The more vague the "laws", the more control.
It's why libs have been lobbying for state control of "social media". It's a meaningless term that represents state control of all social interactions. That's the actual goal.
I get really upset when there's this association between "the libs" and "non-authoritarian voters". I've not done and don't support lobbying for state control of social media.
I fully agree that there are shitty people elected as democrats.
I could go on a whole mile-long monologue about this, but I won't do it here. I'm aware of the various definitions of liberal and I don't want to talk about that -- I'm using the US scope of the two parties that can actually matter: Conservative/Republican vs Liberal/Democratic. [If you Identify as Liberal in the US, you're probably actually Socialist, but the media hates that word, so we don't use it]
The short version is that the PEOPLE want things to be better; the voters called "the libs" want things to be better. Not enough of us are engaged at the low-level to fix this and I think it'll only take a few of us to do the grass-roots remix that the conservatives did as the tea party, and fix the situation with the democratic org that will both win us elections (if we get anymore) and cut out the rot.
Gotta start local though. If you're mad, join your precinct and choose who votes in the district, etc. Don't wait for November and then be mad at your choices. Primaries are over for 2026, but you can influence choices for local offices in 2027 and other state and national ones in 2028.
Don't just be mad at your options, help make the options better. And 'Both Sides'ing is either malicious or at least detrimental:
"Oh, the system is fucked. Guess we'll keep aiming for the dystopia! We can't possibly change the system!"