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Friday, June 21, 2024

A remote Amazon tribe has slammed "unfounded" and "untrue" reports that claimed the arrival of the internet led to some of its men becoming addicted to porn. Earlier this month, The New York Times published an article describing how Brazil's 2000-member Marubo tribe had been left bitterly divided by the arrival of the Elon Musk's Starlink service last year, which connected the remote rainforest community along the Itu River to the web for the first time. The piece, by journalist Jack Nicas, painted a picture of a community grappling with both the positives " such as access to health information in emergencies and video chats with loves ones " and negatives.

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You fools will believe anything they sell you.

#1 | Posted by tres_flechas at 2024-06-21 04:46 PM | Reply

And I mean, it tracks.

Those lesser brown people simply can't help themselves.

Because f*** knows you certainly can't, right?

#2 | Posted by tres_flechas at 2024-06-21 04:47 PM | Reply

Of course, the leader of the tribe would say that.

But what really happened?

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-06-21 08:41 PM | Reply

#3 is a typical liberal who doesn't believe "those people."

#4 | Posted by tres_flechas at 2024-06-21 10:34 PM | Reply

@#3 ... #3 is a typical liberal who doesn't believe "those people." ...

It is not whether or not I believe, as your alias says, "those people."

It is, for me, whether or not a leader of a group will try to portray the group they lead in the best manner possible to an outside world.

Stated differently, was Mr Marubo honest in his accusations?


#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-06-21 10:46 PM | Reply

"Those lesser brown people simply can't help themselves."

Human beings in general can't help themselves. Porn is designed to be addictive, like many products. It's no secret that groups of people who've lived "sheltered" or isolated lives tend to be more susceptible to having their lives disrupted by these types of agents.

#6 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-06-23 09:15 PM | Reply

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