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James Talarico: “The business model depends on us leaving behind our real…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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Published | Video Starts at 38:47

They are selling us conflict right into our bloodstream, and they're calling it connection. It's almost like feeding someone empty calories. And I think it's left people starving for actual community, for real, real relationship. The business model depends on us leaving behind our real human relationships. The, the. The biggest competitor to these platforms, to meta is actually not TikTok. It's not. It's not X, it's not Snapchat. It is real human relationship. And that should be terrifying. (38:47–38:55)

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Asserts that the business model of these platforms depends on people abandoning real human relationships.

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