I've never watched an episode of Infowars in my life and I don't plan to start now. I still have an enormous amount of difficulty understanding why someone would stop using a service because it optionally carries something they don't want to and don't have to watch.
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Replying to @danlistensto @sonyaellenmann
I get the political activism elements involved here. I get the posturing and signaling. This seems to be uniquely confined to media platforms though. e.g. I've never seen a vegan say they're going to stop shopping at a store that sells meat.
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Replying to @danlistensto @sonyaellenmann
i've been thinking lately that it's based on how, at a rarefied enough stratum of society, withdrawing association is highly meaningful because economic and political opportunities flow freely along friendship lines and you wouldn't want some badthinker taking advantage of that
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so then you get people aping what they see the Important People doing even when it amounts to cargo cult sticking feathers in your ass because you need the eggs, and applying it to brands because brands are our friends now
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it's just fucking sad when people are conducting these elaborate show trials excommunicating people from the opportunity to, like, do enormous amounts of unpaid labor so some grifter can pull down a big damn five figure income
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