George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/07/2026If there is one thing that could induce us to kill each other, it's the conflict-driven business model of the big social media companies. When will the government insist that a harmonious society is more important than their goddamn profits? 2445973
Elliot 500 @elliot500.bsky.social · 07/07/2026When the big companies stop bribing them, so never. 100
Jane @citizen9669.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Polarization sparks drama, drama provokes impulsive reactions, impulsive behavior spells $ for the polarizer. 020
Kate Martin @ktmartin.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Don't we have some individual responsibility? If we reread our own posts, aren't we all playing our part in the conflict driven model? 000
Erik Ryberg @erikryberg.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Little radio Rwanda playing in the background, calling you constantly, persistent and lethal. 010
integrityx2.bsky.social @integrityx2.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I think it will be a global food crisis bought on by climate change and water scarcity. My partner loses her shit if she misses out on a snack. Pan European hangry women will be the end of us all. At least it’ll be quick and we cant say we didn’t see it coning. 030
Ciarán @ciaranoc.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I can't think of any good reason why governments don't fight back against the scourge of social media, other than they have been compromised by them. In Ireland, one of our data protection commissioners is a former senior meta employee and lobbyist. Very impartial I'm sure. 120
Nicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I don’t know if ‘harmonious’ even need be the goal. ‘Functional Democratic’ societies should be something that democratically elected governments have a mandate to work towards, no? 020
Elinor Elliot @elinorelliot.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Never, becuase dog-eat-dog capitalism is a religion. 000
Christopher McCabe @cjmccabe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Too many politicians love conflict - often it is how they made their names and their money. We likely need to change our politicians for governments to give up these conflict machines. 000
electricpolecat.bsky.social @electricpolecat.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I suspect that the big social media companies own enough politicians to make sure this never happens. Especially as the rising generation has been on social media all their lives, and every indiscretion and/or youthful stupidity is stored on a server somewhere. 000
tempus1.bsky.social @tempus1.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Jamais de la vie, Georges. This is ABATTOIRworld. 000
Nualaatpeace @ros14.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Profits before health & wellbeing Examples just about everywhere Standards replaced by profits Social media, anything goes From porn to lies to hate Media, lies replace facts Trains, herded like animals Water, purged with putrid waste Energy, beyond reach NHS, privatisation/corruption Profits Rule 000
Irked Badger @irkedbadger.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I think you are letting off lightly 1. the fossil fuels companies that have lobbied for war & hid scientific findings. 2. the weapons trade, war = profit that is the model. They lobby as well. 3. traditional media that cheers on war, omits facts about 1 & 2 & stacked with spook vetted personnel 110
Robin-DeBowler @robin-debowler.bsky.social · 07/07/2026When we put in a government that actually cares about those things George. I haven't ever seen one. Have you? 010
mikel-snapper.bsky.social @mikel-snapper.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Reduce the reliance of GDP as a key metric of national success 000
Weapon of Sass Destruction @katehc78.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Hahahahaha, oh that's a good one George... oh, wait, that was a serious question? I have to view the world through a lens of cynical satire, or I wouldn't get out of bed in the morning.static.klipy.comJohn Connor: We're Not Gonna Make ItALT: John Connor: We're Not Gonna Make It 020
Rob @robrandtoul.bsky.social · 07/07/2026When people in government are prevented from suckling on those goddamn profits. 090
🇨🇦🇸🇪 🧡 🇺🇦🇵🇸 @promich.bsky.social · 07/07/2026One thing? That would be the driver supremacist status quo, with force car dependent societies which have essentially legalised homicide. Big social media companies do make the top ten though. 000
Steve B @stevebasnett.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Spot on. Well said, Mr M. 'Public service' is a political joke. The social contract should be renamed for what it has become - the social media contract. 010
Meera Shah @meera-shah.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I find myself using this GIF for the second time today... #timelessstatic.klipy.comMoney Makes The World Go Around PerformanceALT: Money Makes The World Go Around Performance 010
Doctor Of Music @doctorofmusic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Profit is always the most important factor. Money, and the making/hoarding of it, takes precedence over *everything*. This is why the world is burning up. 000
