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How political fundraising algorithms manufacture constant emergency

I donated to a political cause once and now I get dozens of urgent fundraising texts daily that make every election feel like an apocalyptic crisis.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Your single act of civic engagement has enrolled you in a system designed to exploit your care through perpetual crisis messaging.

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