A stretch, yes. But it’s an interesting model for understanding what communication is. By telling you this, I am manipulating you into understanding my point of view and hopefully getting you to agree with me.

It’s important to note that not all manipulation is negative. I should hope parents manipulate their children into being aware of safety.

Even chit-chat could be seen as manipulating each other into “being social” but even I would say that’s a long shot.

The Dutch system does have fractional representation and multi-party coalition governments, and still the far-right is on the rise.

This is a complex situation, not simply fixed with a magic bullet of voting reform.

You’d think that euronews, a European news org, would know the difference.

Nothing about Lapland in this article 🤷

I agree, but this billionaire can do what few communities can: invest in scale.

Overall I still think this is good news.

I believe some websites say “fuck it, fuck them” and block European IPs rather than put in the work to become GDPR compliant

I totally agree. This series, along with the original Dune novels, is the bedrock of my love for sci-fi.