Must be tough to be so ignorant and dense that you can’t even begin to understand these issues.
It is NOT about whether one person (you) or another is too smart and sophisticated to be “influenced” by political advertising.... it is about whether thousands/millions of other VOTERS (legal or not) are to be channeled to/from what they see by forces which favor only one party or political program, and which the user may not even be aware of.
It has absolutely NOTHING to do with whether you (or every FReeper, conservative, etc.) chooses to avoid Fakebook, social media, Google and Youtube, etc.
It has to do with shaping millions of the LEAST aware and knowledgeable and thoughtful minds, who are STILL ELIGIBLE TO VOTE AS YOU ARE.
Do you truly not know how many close electoral counts there are?
btw, your ranting response was full of “straw man” positions. I did not say govt was the answer or that laws and regulations would/could take care of the problems.
The first step, which you cannot be bothered to take, is serious research and analysis to actually KNOW what is happening and what might well happen in the future.
Then, it is certainly not enough to say “well I, smart guy, will just stay away from Google, Fakebook, etc.”
The large question is what is happening in the electorate across the country, not what you or I decide to do.
Uh huh.