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Author of @WinnersTakeAll (out now from @AAKnopf), THE TRUE AMERICAN, & INDIA CALLING. Ex-@NYTimes. NBC political analyst. TED talker. @PriyaParker's man. Dad.

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    Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Sep 23

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    I am trying to process the number of people who interpreted this as a serious tweet, and what that tells us about our culture. PS: Thanks to all coders and program managers who offered their services, but there will not actually be an app made. Since we have a government.https://twitter.com/AnandWrites/status/1043663511036076032 …

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    Anand GiridharadasVerified account @AnandWrites
    Heading to Silicon Valley soon to pitch my new app: GoFundMe for things like teachers’ supplies and people’s healthcare expenses, but really done at scale. Thinking of calling it Government.
    1:32 PM - 23 Sep 2018
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    • thursday_last allytude Sue Repko Neal Gorenflo Paula Muldoon Brian Alvey 🎬 Erik Kline Nupur Tehniyat Khan
    52 replies 143 retweets 1,043 likes
      1. Hilary Mason‏Verified account @hmason Sep 23
        Replying to @AnandWrites

        It is the Law of Twitter Interpretation that no matter how clearly you say something, at least 1% of people will think you said the opposite. At scale, that's a lot of people.

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      2. Nebby Buella‏ @Hopmar3 Sep 23
        Replying to @AnandWrites @tiandavis

        Unfortunately there is already a partial app like this for teachers... https://www.donorschoose.org/donors/search.html?sortBy=1&state=TX&cityName=Fredericksburg&countyName=Gillespiecounty&centerLat=30.2752&centerLng=-98.8720&includeNearbyLocations=true …

        2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Nebby Buella‏ @Hopmar3 Sep 23
        Replying to @Hopmar3 @AnandWrites @tiandavis

        Correction: Maybe I should say, fortunately...

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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      1. Justin Hendrix‏Verified account @justinhendrix Sep 23
        Replying to @AnandWrites @kevindgrant

        An illegitimate, dysfunctional one!

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      2. Kurt Andersen‏Verified account @KBAndersen Sep 23
        Replying to @AnandWrites

        Dude: when is deadpan irony not misconstrued on Twitter?

        1 reply 2 retweets 11 likes
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      1. VOTE NOVEMBER 6‏ @jeffstrabone Sep 23
        Replying to @AnandWrites

        People can no longer imagine a government whose main purposes include a mandate to 'promote the general welfare'.

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      2. Tian Davis [天]‏ @tiandavis Sep 23
        Replying to @AnandWrites @baratunde

        IDK...A virtual government with enough negotiated treaties to effectively dismantle physical borders forever sounds about exactly what we need right now.

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      3. Rhonda V. Magee‏ @rvmagee Sep 23
        Replying to @tiandavis @AnandWrites @baratunde

        Or...Re-humanized human beings actually participating in democratic civic governance, per the original plan (but Inclusive of all The People, not just a preferred few)?

        0 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
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      1. tastewart‏ @tastewart Sep 23
        Replying to @AnandWrites

        I thought you were serious! Seems like a good idea!

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      1. Maya  🦋‏ @mayathirtyseven Sep 23
        Replying to @AnandWrites

        That’s a shame.

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      1. Antoinette‏ @amnarch Sep 23
        Replying to @AnandWrites

        I’m not surprised. I remember a poll where 60% of Americans could NOT name more than 1 branch of govt.

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      1. Susan‏ @innerhousewife Sep 23
        Replying to @AnandWrites

        😫

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      1. Adam Boyle‏ @AdamB175 Sep 23
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        pic.twitter.com/k49UEjfHav

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      1. Luke‏ @lukkaaaass Sep 23
        Replying to @AnandWrites

        Worse, your ironic hypothetical is already a reality. A charitable crowd sourced platform for school teachers. https://www.donorschoose.org/about 

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      1. Infrastructure Year is exhausting‏ @MJudyAu Sep 23
        Replying to @AnandWrites

        LOL I notice you did not write a "functioning government."

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      1. NKProf‏ @nk_prof Sep 23
        Replying to @AnandWrites

        Welcome to the dystopia. When satire becomes somber reality.

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      1. Allan Kelly‏ @AllanLKelly Sep 24
        Replying to @AnandWrites

        It tells us that we are worse than or leaders because we pat ourselves on the back when we use big words. Because words are enough right? Writing the tweet was funny enough right? Being ironic is enough to make a difference right?

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      1. Liam Black‏ @LiamABlack Sep 24
        Replying to @AnandWrites

        Inability to grasp irony rising alongside inequality!

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      1. chemoshi‏ @chemosh933 Sep 24
        Replying to @AnandWrites

        We are living in a dystopian idiocracy.

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