Yah, it gets better three or four tweets down
Good counterpoint to keep in mind. I think there’s an element of truth to it, but overall IMO it overstates both the Brezhnev comparison and the pomo hall of mirrors idea, as you might expect from an Adam Curtis starting point. There’s a there there beyond symbols here.https://twitter.com/jacobreynolds/status/1351943801745661953 …
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I’m reacting to the whole thread
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Eh I think he undersells the extent that the speech explicitly referenced Jan 6, white supremacy, and the 5-6 existential crises facing the USA and was not just a string of "A more perfect Union" cliches.
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With Trump and Silicon Valley capitalists all headed to South Florida, I suddenly remembered the weirdest event in geopolitical history: the Roman Tetrarchy. No one ever tried that system in practice again. That’s when the Roman Empire collapsed.
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I think he also misses that Biden's speech was meant to be anodyne, after four years of aggression.
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A good response in replies to that thread, in the vein of your reaction:https://twitter.com/seekaletheia/status/1352032307494989830?s=21 …
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