Ancestors

Written by 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦 on 2025-01-21 at 00:10

The self-aggrandizing hypocrisy of censors sometimes amazes me.

I just read this long thread about how TikTok, being under control of the Chinese government, has been used as a tool to influence elections specifically blaming TikTok for Romanian outcomes.

Read between the lines, however, and you'll see what's at work: pure sneering ego. "TikTok fooled the masses, but NOT ME! I'm too smart to be fooled by this, but the weak-minded masses must be protected!"

It's repulsive.

🧵 ▶️

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Toot

Written by Andrew Helwer on 2025-01-21 at 00:38

@zdl classic essay on this topic https://redsails.org/masses-elites-and-rebels/

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Descendants

Written by 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦 on 2025-01-21 at 00:47

@ahelwer You'd think the classic essay would be Orwell's thing about the middle and upper classes constantly using the lower classes as weapons. 🤣

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