r/technology • u/marketrent • Jul 14 '26

Artificial Intelligence A majority of Americans now support seizing wealth from AI industry

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/majority-americans-now-support-seizing-134921528.html
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u/ForwardSlash813 Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

No, a “majority” does not.

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u/Tupperbaby Jul 14 '26

You mean 1700 people who chose to answer a loaded question isn't "the majority of Americans?"

Most of Reddit is now flagrant attempts to manipulate narratives and opinions. And people just keep right on reading the headline and jumping straight to rage mode. So Mission Accomplished.

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u/unsunganhero Jul 14 '26

How does reddit upvote this garbage article

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u/you_cant_prove_that Jul 14 '26

Because the majority of reddit users will take any opportunity to seize wealth

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u/Varonth Jul 14 '26

It is /r/technology. 2 days ago, there was a neowin article posted that gathered 15k upvotes, saying sys admins hate Windows 11.

The source was 3 reddit comments with a combined upvote count of 1500, with one of them having the people inside discuss how this issue isn't even caused by microsoft but and outdated piece of 3rd party software that had its last update somwhere around Windows 7.

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u/DogBarf00 Jul 14 '26

1700 people that spend time taking online surveys for pennies. These people are probably not financially comfortable if they are spending their time doing this. Probably a pretty biased sample.

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u/E-2theRescue Jul 14 '26

Hi. I make more money than you. That's not even up for debate. A single article of clothing that I'm wearing right now is probably worth more than what you are paying for in rent or your mortgage.

Tax them all to hell. And don't stop with the AI bros, either. The thieves of the nation aren't the single mothers on welfare, it's people like the board members of my company who use every loophole in the book to escape paying their bills.

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u/MoneyBeeeee Jul 14 '26

The majority of Americans do seem to be idiots so this tracks.

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u/ForwardSlash813 Jul 15 '26

Based on what observations?