A collection of 116 posts
The very writers, publishers, poets, musicians, comedians, media producers and artists who once worried about being muzzled by the government are now self-organizing on social media (Twitter, especially) to censor each other.
All I cared about was getting to bask in the negative energy of someone else’s crappy life, so that I didn’t have to confront my own.
The history of consumerism can be seen be as the growing sophistication to tie our primitive instincts to consumption behaviours.
While affirming the ubiquity of anti-white rhetoric in progressive communities, Salam suggested it’s driven by motives beyond the simple highlighting of power structures.
Vox characterized the practice of dredging up tweets and trying to get people fired over them an “alt right” tactic.
“There’s no better time than now to delete.” (Position this one against a background of a man in canoe swimming away to a proxy of freedom.)
These are all cases of self-identified leftists excommunicating other leftists—silencing those who fail to heed the maximalist demands of trans activists.
Technologically speaking, social media could steer their users’ hijacked minds towards the known beneficial functions and away from the harmful ones.
The bonds of nationalism, ethnicity, and religion would either wither away or perhaps allow numerous tribes to co-exist in and open and tolerant multicultural setting.
Seeking viewpoint diversity brings us to the final way to use social media scientifically: keeping our information channels open as best we can.
Reflexive expressions of solidarity signify an internalized Western understanding that life is precious and not cheap.