When it comes to election manipulation, left-leaning American tech companies make the Russians look like rank amateurs.
No matter which weak candidate the Democrats ultimately nominate, and even with Russia’s help, Donald Trump cannot win the 2020 election. For that matter, in races nationwide in which the projected win margins are small—say, under 5 percent or so—Republicans in general are likely to lose.
This is because of new forces of influence that the internet has made possible in recent decades and that Big Tech companies—Google more aggressively than any other—have been determined to perfect since Armageddon Day—oh, sorry, Election Day—in 2016.
For the record, I’m neither a conservative nor a Trump supporter. But I love democracy and America more than I love any particular party or candidate, and rigorous research I have been conducting since 2013 shows that Big Tech companies now have unprecedented power to sway elections.
While I cheer the fact that 95 percent of donations from tech companies and their employees go to Dems, I can’t stand by and watch these companies undermine democracy. As long as I’m still breathing, I will do everything I can to stop that from happening—and, for the record, I’m NOT suicidal.
The threat these companies pose is far from trivial. For one thing, they can shift opinions and votes in numerous ways people can’t detect.
Remember the rumors about that movie theater in New Jersey that got people to buy more Coke and popcorn using subliminal messages embedded into a film? Well, those rumors were a bit exaggerated—those messages actually had a minimal effect—but Google-and-the-Gang are now controlling a wide variety of subliminal methods of persuasion that can, in minutes, shift the voting preferences of 20 percent or more of undecided voters without anyone having the slightest idea they’ve been manipulated.
David Adams
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