mostly people don't share my object level beliefs and yeah I think that's too bad but I don't operate under sense they're actually popular
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the best I could ever hope for would be forming a coalition + getting a watered-down version implemented, someday
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anyway outraged indignation when others don't pay mind to actually-niche conventions + beliefs is getting tired fast this is a subtweet
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Is this a side effect of filter bubbles? Previously fringe political movements had to be local to be so deluded.
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(Like cults, for instance.) But now you can be in a cult with thousands of distant strangers.
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heh I don't trust myself to make causal arguments anymore but I'd guess that's part of it also maybe hypermoralization of policy?
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or something about discourse in some pol subcultures where performative outrage is the norm? still trying to see the patterns :/
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So much is optimized for performative outrage that I can't help but to think it's the default when not prevented.
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didn't we usually just ignore people like that, like, twenty or even ten years ago that seemed to be a cost-effective prophylactic
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20 years ago internet access was something for adults with degrees. There was a higher floor on emotional control.
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It's hard to expect people to act like adults when many aren't, & herd immunity to BS drops.
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Is that weird and only true of contemporary cases? Fantasies of relevancy and influence seem natural to pol subcultures.
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yeah that's a fair point, history is full of nutty vanguards. seems like it's seeping a *little* more mainstream now tho
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