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    1. Andrew Sullivan‏ @sullydish 10 Jun 2020

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      This is beyond chilling. It’s the logic of purges and cultural revolution and mob ‘justice’. It has over 400K likes. Liberal democracy is extinct. https://twitter.com/agavedelacasa/status/1269174574962204672 …

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 10 Jun 2020
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      I agree with every sentence except the last. There have always been a lot of crazy people out there, as Trump's election shows. They didn't all get created in 2020. So if liberal democracy wasn't extinct a year ago, it isn't now.

      7:49 AM - 10 Jun 2020
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        1. dazed and confused michael‏ @mvarinus 10 Jun 2020
          Replying to @paulg @sullydish

          That only is true if something pulls us from our current trajectory.

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        2. King Haris‏ @kingharis 10 Jun 2020
          Replying to @paulg @sullydish

          I want to agree with you but when I was 9 you could have substituted "peaceful coexistence of different ethnic groups in the Balkans" for "liberal democracy" in this sentence and you would have been wrong by the time I was 10.

          2 replies 1 retweet 11 likes
        3. Cico‏ @Ubilekipohara 10 Jun 2020
          Replying to @kingharis @paulg @sullydish

          Fair point

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        2. James Cole‏ @jamesrcole 10 Jun 2020
          Replying to @paulg @sullydish

          I don’t think it’s extinct, but I do think wokeism has passed a very dangerous threshold in the last couple of weeks.

          1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
        3. James Cole‏ @jamesrcole 10 Jun 2020
          Replying to @jamesrcole @paulg @sullydish

          You might even say that it has become a kind of pandemic now. The memes have infected so many, and it’s such a totalitarian and ruthless ideology.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
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        1. Just some guy‏ @iamwhoisme 10 Jun 2020
          Replying to @paulg @sullydish

          Also, it's not like liberal democracy hasn't had threats in the past. And also it's not the worst thing if academia so tears itself apart that it no longer is a requirement for a middle class life.

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        1. Jesin 🌹‏ @Jesin00 10 Jun 2020
          Replying to @paulg @sullydish

          If either of you have a better idea for how to get rid of racism, feel free to let us know.

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        1. Dante Rondo‏ @DanteRondo1 10 Jun 2020
          Replying to @paulg @sullydish

          Andrew always has the dial turned up to 11. His thinking suffers for it. It’s a shame because that’s precisely the problem with so much of the woke discourse he criticizes.

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        1. Sluggy‏ @SlugFool 10 Jun 2020
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          That’s because all of this is just Team Joe Biden kickstarting his 2020 campaign

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        1. ☉rthnormalist‏ @orthonormalist 10 Jun 2020
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          Refuse to fund any company engaging in this Maoism, Paul.

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