2/ Consequent to each episode, bad ideas take root for the first time in some people. For others, it reinforces their extant prejudices. And, over the whole set of people with bad ideas, it emboldens expression in some and induces inhibition in others.
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3/ On balance, do you think the rate of reproduction exceeds decay? I don't. ...And, this ignores how it provides a positive behavioral model to other people, moving the acceptable default from nurtured ignorance to willful obstruction.
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4/ But, theres another reason that compels me to favor dragging privileged bigots: I think we're reaching the saturation point for how many pseudo-intellectual edgelords YouTube / Crowd-funding can sustain.
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5/ My guess is that, if Schlossberg doesn't apologize, he will try ride his notoriety into the up-until-now embracing arms of the for-profit reactionaries. That's the pundit-class fear: minting more JBP- / Damore-types. ...but, that space is getting really crowded.
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6/ I could be very wrong on this. It's just (informed) speculation. But as social media spaces close their doors to the edgelords -- or, at least, demonetize them -- relative dilution will cause them to eat their own. Their ecosystem will collapse. So, mint as many as you can.
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