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Dr. Ellie Lockhart. Republic serial villain.
Dr. Ellie Lockhart. Republic serial villain.
Dr. Ellie Lockhart. Republic serial villain.
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Dr. Ellie Lockhart. Republic serial villain.

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PhD, Texas A&M, 2015. Software worker. Data nerd. My views are my own and never represent any employer.

Winona, MN, USA
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    1. Dr. Ellie Lockhart. Republic serial villain.‏ @BootlegGirl 13 Mar 2020

      If we do experience some level of societal mass collapse because of this virus, let me predict now that it will not lead to purification, improvement, or rejuvenation or progress. That's not how violent events work. The only way we progress is through keeping society intact

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    2. Dr. Ellie Lockhart. Republic serial villain.‏ @BootlegGirl 13 Mar 2020

      -fervent decelerationist

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    3. Vintus‏ @VintMedia 13 Mar 2020
      Replying to @BootlegGirl

      If there's a collapse you can get the French Revolution (and the ensuing Reign of Terror) or you can get Nazi Germany, you don't have much control over it, it depends on what the populace supports Not sure I'm in the mood to throw the dice in America

      2 replies 3 retweets 16 likes
    4. Vintus‏ @VintMedia 13 Mar 2020
      Replying to @VintMedia @BootlegGirl

      Especially since French Revolutionaries didn't have to deal with drone warfare and a massive technological gap between what the military has and what the people have

      1 reply 0 retweets 10 likes
    5. Dr. Ellie Lockhart. Republic serial villain.‏ @BootlegGirl 13 Mar 2020
      Replying to @VintMedia

      Yeah, and I'm not down for the reign of terror either

      1 reply 1 retweet 12 likes
    6. Vintus‏ @VintMedia 13 Mar 2020
      Replying to @BootlegGirl

      I feel like we don't talk about how the left romanticizes guillotines As if their victims, of which there were MANY in that period, were always guilty Also there's the, y'know, public brutality

      1 reply 2 retweets 16 likes
    7. Dr. Ellie Lockhart. Republic serial villain.‏ @BootlegGirl 13 Mar 2020
      Replying to @VintMedia

      I have a theory that *cruelty* is the basic unit of politics and that one's discretion in exercising it (since politics cannot be conducted without cruelty and the idea of a Hard Man Making Hard Decisions who doesn't on some level enjoy them is a myth) defines a power wielder

      2 replies 3 retweets 16 likes
      Dr. Ellie Lockhart. Republic serial villain.‏ @BootlegGirl 13 Mar 2020
      Replying to @BootlegGirl @VintMedia

      In other words, there's a huge number of people who want indiscriminate cruelty and violence because they enjoy it who are making their voices and influence known in politics, but far fewer who are willing to consider exactly why and how they wish to be cruel

      2:03 AM - 13 Mar 2020
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      • Cyn Mei, Lvl 32 Warlock of the Expensive Paper Annissa (semi-hiatus) 💛🏳️‍🌈♿️🦹 pmauza Chigbo Ikejiani austin Gojira007 Actually malicious, no actual malice Antônio Possidônio Campos Neto
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        2. Dr. Ellie Lockhart. Republic serial villain.‏ @BootlegGirl 13 Mar 2020
          Replying to @BootlegGirl @VintMedia

          My thoughts about this were more coherent when I was falling asleep this morning and too tired to post, but basically I'm cynical enough to believe everyone with power will always be a sadist and even that sadism isn't evil, but that we need a more refined sadism

          1 reply 1 retweet 10 likes
        3. Annissa (semi-hiatus)  💛 🏳️‍🌈 ♿️ 🦹‏ @thisniss 13 Mar 2020
          Replying to @BootlegGirl @VintMedia

          Yes.

          0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
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        2. Sarah Walsh‏ @BigDamnHerosSir 13 Mar 2020
          Replying to @BootlegGirl @VintMedia

          I just called out a friend on that, recently. He was getting a little too gleeful? about his ~*apocalypse plan*~ and I asked him why he was so excited since what he was describing was robbery, assault, and murder (with a weird zag into cannibalism??).

          2 replies 3 retweets 4 likes
        3. Sarah Walsh‏ @BigDamnHerosSir 13 Mar 2020
          Replying to @BigDamnHerosSir @BootlegGirl @VintMedia

          He stuttered around a bit about "just joking" and I said "Alright 🤷‍♀️ but maybe think about why this appeals to you so much? The thought of mass chaos with [our respective kids] around scares the shit out of me. Jokes are jokes, but you jumped to some Purge shit real fast 😬"

          0 replies 3 retweets 4 likes
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