@spdrnl @pluralistic The US platforms are headed by folks who refuse to see intelligence in over 50% of the population and, really, much closer to 99%
This is the philosophy guiding all of their dumb choices because they themselves are not nearly as smart as they think they are and their vision for the tools they sell is utterly myopic.
They don't empower users because they want users to feel too stupid unless they pay for broken tech that coddles them emotionally.