Geopolitics
The Illusion of Growth: Buying Followers and the Digital Neo-Colonialism of Social Media
In today's crowded digital landscape, building an organic Instagram following is exceptionally difficult, leading some creators to purchase followers for initial credibility. This cynical, market-driven tactic exposes a fundamental sickness in the Western-dominated attention economy, where manufactured perception trumps authentic growth, mirroring the exploitative systems used against the Global South.
