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[–] istewart@awful.systems 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (3 children)

Atlantic writer: "better dubble down on Twitter huhuhuhhuh"

https://archive.is/OtYCo

Calls to disengage from X, now that Elon Musk has turned it into a white-supremacist haven, certainly have a moral appeal. But if this election showed how difficult it is to meaningfully “deplatform” speakers you disagree with, it also demonstrated the danger of ignoring the platforms where they speak. Unfortunately, the only way to change what’s happening in an echo chamber may be to add your own noise.

This is your periodic reminder that Steve Jobs' widow owns that toilet-paper factory. And that they still pump out hot new singles from hitmakers like David Frum and, occasionally, my personal favorite, Eliot "GW Bush Did Nothing Wrong" Cohen.

Mass media try not to cozy up to fascists challenge: impossible!

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

My radicalisation just continues and deepens.

What deplatforming actually happened that this writer is referring to? “We didn’t deplatform anyone. Therefore deplatforming bad” ???

[–] self@awful.systems 1 points 10 minutes ago

“we’ve tried nothing, and nothing is working!” this is going to be such a common refrain

[–] self@awful.systems 5 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

what in the absolute fuck

“you shouldn’t do anything that works to resist fascism” is going to be the neoliberal siren call for 4+ years, isn’t it

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 2 points 40 minutes ago

Always has been.

[–] istewart@awful.systems 4 points 5 hours ago

It doesn't even fit with the axioms of market logic! If the platform in question has terrible content moderation, primarily generates revenue from profoundly repulsive people, and was intentionally bought out to be used as the central propaganda organ for a destructive political movement... why wouldn't you leave?! Dude just doesn't want to admit he's too lazy to redo his follows elsewhere

[–] self@awful.systems 5 points 6 hours ago

Unfortunately, the only way to change what’s happening in an echo chamber may be to add your own noise.

imagine writing something like this and considering yourself to be the adult in the room. just a big ol politics understander, writing and writing and none of it means a fucking thing. you get up every morning and somehow the dread doesn’t make you collapse back into bed.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 3 points 5 hours ago

Liberals: vote for us, we are diet fascism, we are the lesser evil! We reduce harm!

It’s been the siren call for the last 400 years.