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This was something that was lost in the aftermath of the brutal killing of Charlie Kirk, I am not on Instagram, I never watched the video because why would I? I don't condone shooting people because you don't like them, so despite the fact that I fucking hate Charlie Kirk's guts, why would I need to see the violence literally? To believe it? To witness it? Watching gun violence doesn't do anything for me but remind me of how uncomprehensibly awful gun violence and in general violence is...

The thing is, I noticed how many people around me who were on Instagram saw it without really wanting to, it was almost a foregone conclusion from their perspective they would be exposed to it. That is fucked up, why don't we all collectively realize that?

This is a choice in architecture, in social media governance, it is something that we shouldn't let conservatives get away with, they can't manage this stuff because they are incredibly childish and unserious about realworld consequences and are unwilling to learn from realworld lessons or history. Rightwing billionaires shouldn't control our social media because they let this kind of thing proliferate, they encourage it. They want us to be shocked by a violence appearing on our feed without our agency, it puts our brains into a flight or fight response so we can be manipulated, made more afraid and intimidated into feeling powerless against forces of violence and wealth.