"The billionaires who own the algorithms and the news networks have created for-profit platforms with predatory algorithms that divide usby party, by race, by gender, by religion, the rising Democratic star said. They elevate the most extreme voices because anger makes money. Anger sells. Fear sells. They are selling us conflict and calling it connection. It says they are taking your attention, making money off it, and using it to gain power."
"In November, I wrote about how we've stopped being manipulated by algorithms and started obeying themperforming for machines rather than making genuine choices. In December, I argued that algorithmic systems broke shared reality itself by replacing editorial judgment with engagement optimization. What Talarico is doing is translating that structural critique into language voters actually understand. He's taking the mechanics I've been describing and giving people a villain, a crime, and a motive."
Predatory, for-profit algorithms and concentrated media ownership create platforms that monetize anger and fear by elevating extreme voices and dividing people by party, race, gender, and religion. Viral social clips can propel political figures from online virality to mainstream platforms, amplifying critiques beyond media insiders. Algorithms have shifted behavior from being manipulated to performing for machines, as engagement optimization replaced editorial judgment and eroded shared reality. Translating structural critiques into accessible moral and economic language frames the system with a clear villain, crime, and motive, helping voters recognize how attention is commodified for profit and power.
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