Big Tech hotshot: the protests are becoming serious. A general opinion is forming. People really don’t want this. But I want this, my companies need this. And all the government support & funding, yummy!
The Atlantic: Right, and we get some of that sweet moulah. We need to create consent. Lemme see what we can do - hmm, how about roundabout dismissing legitimate concern as being overblown, calling it a panic? Concern trolling basically. Crude, but it has worked before.
This is the scenario playing out in my head:
Big Tech hotshot: the protests are becoming serious. A general opinion is forming. People really don’t want this. But I want this, my companies need this. And all the government support & funding, yummy!
The Atlantic: Right, and we get some of that sweet moulah. We need to create consent. Lemme see what we can do - hmm, how about roundabout dismissing legitimate concern as being overblown, calling it a panic? Concern trolling basically. Crude, but it has worked before.