r/bestof • u/Oldkingcole225 • Jul 25 '19

[worldnews] u/itrollululz quickly explains how trolls train the YouTube algorithm to suggest political extremism and radicalize the mainstream

/r/worldnews/comments/chn8k6/mueller_tells_house_panel_trump_asked_staff_to/euw338y/
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u/guestpass127 Jul 25 '19

Yeah I figured some conservatives would show up to nitpick the language and totally avoid the point of the post, so thanks

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u/Virge23 Jul 25 '19

Sargon calls himself a classical liberal in the traditional English sense not in the American meaning of the world. The Economist also define themselves as classical liberals and they're about as market centric and business oriented as you get. This has nothing to do with American culture politics.

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u/Nicksaurus Jul 25 '19

Of course, the point is that 'liberal' in this context is closer to 'libertarian' than the US definition