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>> because they (republicans) think big tech is out to get them.

I'm genuinely curious how someone could follow the news in a basic way and still think it's just some conspiracy.

It's been beyond proven through leaks, deplatforming and whistleblowers that big tech is trying desperately to get Democrats elected.

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Republicans have said the same thing about Hollywood, academics, journalists, and scientists. And they've cherry picked stories to "prove" it with those groups too.

It's a proven fact that Hollywood, academics and journalists all lean to the left. No need to cherry pick stories.

Lean to the left compared to what? I don't think there's an abstract platonic "center", rather the center is defined by the major institutions in a society.

These institutions probably lean left of our national politics, but our national political system was intentionally designed to give disproportionate power to rural, low population areas.

I think the center is defined by the society, not by the major institutions. And therefore it is perfectly reasonable to say that Hollywood, academics, and journalists all lean left.

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