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 🤷
Even if you limit it by range, like only recolouring things within 1 meter of where you touch… It’d still be a great power! Imagine the money you’d make, flawlessly painting whole rooms in seconds.
I believe some websites say “fuck it, fuck them” and block European IPs rather than put in the work to become GDPR compliant