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The futility of waking the woke to the underlying problem … the one enabling the fancy of fruition for every fascist flicker frolicking about behind the foreheads of every last member of today's GOP…
The futility of waking the woke to the underlying problem … the one enabling the fancy of fruition for every fascist flicker frolicking about behind the foreheads of every last member of today's GOP…
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the flickers coming faster and faster now … as we approach the demographical destination point past which there lies no more minority rule …
the flickers coming faster and faster now … as we approach the demographical destination point past which there lies no more minority rule …
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a demographical destination point the fear of which they are not alone in possessing …
a demographical destination point the fear of which they are not alone in possessing …
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and attack openly (there are no more quiet parts … it is all out loud)
and attack openly (there are no more quiet parts … it is all out loud)
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the one pushing possibility … promoting progressive motion to the point where the forming of a more perfect union, a true multicultural democracy for the land of the free, becomes measurably closer to inevitable than it is to unfathomable.
the one pushing possibility … promoting progressive motion to the point where the forming of a more perfect union, a true multicultural democracy for the land of the free, becomes measurably closer to inevitable than it is to unfathomable.
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Alas … I fear this union is not for you … for to form it you must first wake to what its formation would require from you.
Alas … I fear this union is not for you … for to form it you must first wake to what its formation would require from you.
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They committed themselves to the fascist coup as early as when they chose to hold a kangaroo court in place of the first impeachment trial. There is no pivot … only an obstructionist pretense.
They committed themselves to the fascist coup as early as when they chose to hold a kangaroo court in place of the first impeachment trial. There is no pivot … only an obstructionist pretense.
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This is a unique inflection point. The weight of this moment makes my bones feel heavier than I remember. Last November … hell … all throughout 2020 … WE THE PEOPLE demanded our voice be heard and our will respected.
This is a unique inflection point. The weight of this moment makes my bones feel heavier than I remember. Last November … hell … all throughout 2020 … WE THE PEOPLE demanded our voice be heard and our will respected.
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When our legislators stop working for us their concept of civil service must be corrected.
Democracy requires participation.
When our legislators stop working for us their concept of civil service must be corrected.
Democracy requires participation.
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For decades we have allowed ourselves to fall into a pattern of governance where one party advances our nation, with a focus on equitably caring for our nation’s people and with an eye toward global stewardship.
For decades we have allowed ourselves to fall into a pattern of governance where one party advances our nation, with a focus on equitably caring for our nation’s people and with an eye toward global stewardship.
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After eight years, give or take, the people become seduced by the opposition party (their natural discontent eventually being harnessed and weaponized politically in order to flip the center). This is understandable and works both ways.
After eight years, give or take, the people become seduced by the opposition party (their natural discontent eventually being harnessed and weaponized politically in order to flip the center). This is understandable and works both ways.
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As with COVID, the work done over those eight years, the progress made, has lagging indicators.
As with COVID, the work done over those eight years, the progress made, has lagging indicators.
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The first half of that time in power is spent course correcting the corporate policies enacted by the previous administration. The second half is spent future building. That future arrives after the eight years are up. This further muddies the water.
The first half of that time in power is spent course correcting the corporate policies enacted by the previous administration. The second half is spent future building. That future arrives after the eight years are up. This further muddies the water.
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The connection between good governance and the people’s happiness and prosperity is muted and difficult to point out for anyone not flooding themselves with the world of politics.
The connection between good governance and the people’s happiness and prosperity is muted and difficult to point out for anyone not flooding themselves with the world of politics.
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Of course bad governance sticks out like a sore thumb and requires a hell of a good sales pitch (or some perspective shifting event) to hold onto power. So why is this transition different? Why am I calling it an inflection point?
Of course bad governance sticks out like a sore thumb and requires a hell of a good sales pitch (or some perspective shifting event) to hold onto power. So why is this transition different? Why am I calling it an inflection point?
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This cycle saw one party flat out refuse to court the people with policy or provide any form of feasible pitch. This cycle saw one party attempt to exploit the bifurcation of our information ecosystem into dueling realities by flooding that system with propaganda.
This cycle saw one party flat out refuse to court the people with policy or provide any form of feasible pitch. This cycle saw one party attempt to exploit the bifurcation of our information ecosystem into dueling realities by flooding that system with propaganda.
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Never in our history have our politicians so deliberately lied to the American people in a desperate attempt to cling to power. The demography of the people that form our great nation have the old white regime terrified that they'll lose their power for the last time.
Never in our history have our politicians so deliberately lied to the American people in a desperate attempt to cling to power. The demography of the people that form our great nation have the old white regime terrified that they'll lose their power for the last time.
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We have been a minority rule nation for decades now. The discrepancies between both the populations of the parties’ constituents as well as their monetary contributions (upon which the constituents of the other party are dependent) are unsustainable.
We have been a minority rule nation for decades now. The discrepancies between both the populations of the parties’ constituents as well as their monetary contributions (upon which the constituents of the other party are dependent) are unsustainable.
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Why must one party rule from the minority? Because they refuse to embrace their role as a stable for civil servants. They refuse to put their constituents’ needs above that of their donors’. This last cycle, they failed to produce even a modicum of effort.
Why must one party rule from the minority? Because they refuse to embrace their role as a stable for civil servants. They refuse to put their constituents’ needs above that of their donors’. This last cycle, they failed to produce even a modicum of effort.
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They would not even gather what they were offering into words in some official party platform. They were not offering anything.
They would not even gather what they were offering into words in some official party platform. They were not offering anything.
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Instead of pitching WE THE PEOPLE on why they deserve to retain power, they embraced the most vile forms of weaponized propaganda. They embraced fascism and white nationalism.
Instead of pitching WE THE PEOPLE on why they deserve to retain power, they embraced the most vile forms of weaponized propaganda. They embraced fascism and white nationalism.
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They embraced a cult to which approximately twenty-two million of our fellow Americans have fallen victim.
They embraced a cult to which approximately twenty-two million of our fellow Americans have fallen victim.
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They embraced immortality by way of drinking up babies whilst wearing little girl faces.
They embraced immortality by way of drinking up babies whilst wearing little girl faces.
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They knew they could not grow their base with such allegiances, so they looked to abuse the court circuits they spent four years stacking (ask yourself why they deemed this necessary if not to extend their capability to hold minority rule over the American people).
They knew they could not grow their base with such allegiances, so they looked to abuse the court circuits they spent four years stacking (ask yourself why they deemed this necessary if not to extend their capability to hold minority rule over the American people).
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This is an inflection point in our history because the very heart of American identity, the ideals we have spent centuries touting, the documents with which our nation’s forefathers have for so long guided the hand of governance … all of these have become vulnerable.
This is an inflection point in our history because the very heart of American identity, the ideals we have spent centuries touting, the documents with which our nation’s forefathers have for so long guided the hand of governance … all of these have become vulnerable.
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In Trump this nation elected a president that would test every “oh shit” button our forefathers installed. For the first time in my lifetime, I was prepared to go to war for my country.
In Trump this nation elected a president that would test every “oh shit” button our forefathers installed. For the first time in my lifetime, I was prepared to go to war for my country.
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As Obama surmised while eulogizing the great John Lewis, I felt I could no longer accept freedom for myself while witnessing the subjugation of my fellow Americans. The narrowness of our escape from this trajectory is impossible to over exaggerate.
As Obama surmised while eulogizing the great John Lewis, I felt I could no longer accept freedom for myself while witnessing the subjugation of my fellow Americans. The narrowness of our escape from this trajectory is impossible to over exaggerate.
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We endured four years of Trumpism, four years of learning just how powerful a weapon is the bifurcated bubble. Isolate. Pump in propaganda. Prey on worldview rigidity. Prey on those susceptible to cult phenomena.
We endured four years of Trumpism, four years of learning just how powerful a weapon is the bifurcated bubble. Isolate. Pump in propaganda. Prey on worldview rigidity. Prey on those susceptible to cult phenomena.
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Do this and one may absolutely normalize the absence of accountability at the highest level.
Do this and one may absolutely normalize the absence of accountability at the highest level.
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All but a handful within the Republican party were hoping the insurrection would succeed. They were hoping they would retain power. They were hoping they would retain minority rule over this great nation.
All but a handful within the Republican party were hoping the insurrection would succeed. They were hoping they would retain power. They were hoping they would retain minority rule over this great nation.
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For a brief moment, minority rule has ended. WE THE PEOPLE have returned legislative power to the party that believes in civil service. There is, however, something of grave importance we must consider.
For a brief moment, minority rule has ended. WE THE PEOPLE have returned legislative power to the party that believes in civil service. There is, however, something of grave importance we must consider.
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The governmental imprint Trump leaves behind will sound as a death knell for American democracy should the current administration fail to rake the sand.
The governmental imprint Trump leaves behind will sound as a death knell for American democracy should the current administration fail to rake the sand.
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Should they choose, however, to pick up the reigns and lead, it may be possible for WE THE PEOPLE to return to some lesser level of political engagement. Not disengaged, but not dominated by the engagement.
Should they choose, however, to pick up the reigns and lead, it may be possible for WE THE PEOPLE to return to some lesser level of political engagement. Not disengaged, but not dominated by the engagement.
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Senator Joe Manchin, if the Democratic party fails to invest their courage in their convictions, if they tank good policy to brush back the red … WE THE PEOPLE will be called upon once more to safeguard this nation against minority rule.
Senator Joe Manchin, if the Democratic party fails to invest their courage in their convictions, if they tank good policy to brush back the red … WE THE PEOPLE will be called upon once more to safeguard this nation against minority rule.
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As arduous a task safeguarding against minority rule may be, merging our dueling reality information ecosystems is the more difficult task.
As arduous a task safeguarding against minority rule may be, merging our dueling reality information ecosystems is the more difficult task.
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Senator Joe Manchin, the Democratic party must embrace the power WE THE PEOPLE have bestowed upon them. The power we've bestowed in order to restore a people’s freedoms. The power we've bestowed upon them to hold accountable those that have assaulted our democracy.
Senator Joe Manchin, the Democratic party must embrace the power WE THE PEOPLE have bestowed upon them. The power we've bestowed in order to restore a people’s freedoms. The power we've bestowed upon them to hold accountable those that have assaulted our democracy.
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Senator Joe Manchin, and any other Democrat who happens to be cut of similar cloth, you will do the job WE THE PEOPLE have asked you to do, or we … the people … will replace you with someone who will.
Senator Joe Manchin, and any other Democrat who happens to be cut of similar cloth, you will do the job WE THE PEOPLE have asked you to do, or we … the people … will replace you with someone who will.
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When we showed up in numbers … we gained the upper hand.
When we showed up in numbers … we gained the upper hand.
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Even when I answer the "why" to their behavior, the pure obstinance required by Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio to block out the reality of where this path ends still gets me. It was never a sustainable, career extending path to walk.
Even when I answer the "why" to their behavior, the pure obstinance required by Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio to block out the reality of where this path ends still gets me. It was never a sustainable, career extending path to walk.
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Rejecting reality was never a sustainable model.
Rejecting reality was never a sustainable model.
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Perhaps, had two years of reality rejectionism allowed for them to maintain the majority in the House. Their rejection of reality is why they failed to hold the House.
Perhaps, had two years of reality rejectionism allowed for them to maintain the majority in the House. Their rejection of reality is why they failed to hold the House.
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Perhaps, had four years of reality rejectionism allowed for them to maintain the majority in the Senate. Their rejection of reality is why they failed to hold the Senate.
Perhaps, had four years of reality rejectionism allowed for them to maintain the majority in the Senate. Their rejection of reality is why they failed to hold the Senate.
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Perhaps, had four years of reality rejectionism allowed for them to maintain the Presidency. Their rejection of reality is why the race ended as far back as July.
Perhaps, had four years of reality rejectionism allowed for them to maintain the Presidency. Their rejection of reality is why the race ended as far back as July.
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So … for heaven’s sake … Josh Hawley … Ted Cruz … Marco Rubio … why on your God’s green earth did you believe that continuing to reject reality would give you a leg up on a presidential run of your own?
So … for heaven’s sake … Josh Hawley … Ted Cruz … Marco Rubio … why on your God’s green earth did you believe that continuing to reject reality would give you a leg up on a presidential run of your own?
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And with the ink still wet on those indictments coming down the line on account of your little failed fascist coup. Sure guys … ride that adrenaline high … pander to insurrectionists. What better base around which to build a campaign.
And with the ink still wet on those indictments coming down the line on account of your little failed fascist coup. Sure guys … ride that adrenaline high … pander to insurrectionists. What better base around which to build a campaign.
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You want to lock in the size of your base. Fewer people supporting you means fewer people to please, am I right fellas? I’m sure the world witnessing 2-4 years of a Washington D.C. full of dedicated civil servants won’t make y’all look bad in comparison.
You want to lock in the size of your base. Fewer people supporting you means fewer people to please, am I right fellas? I’m sure the world witnessing 2-4 years of a Washington D.C. full of dedicated civil servants won’t make y’all look bad in comparison.
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Watching as the pandemic nightmare your rejection of reality (at least publicly) has left behind as Trump’s greatest legacy comes to an end.
Watching as the pandemic nightmare your rejection of reality (at least publicly) has left behind as Trump’s greatest legacy comes to an end.
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Watching the restoration of our economy … an economy that cratered because of your rejection of reality, surely that won’t move the people … am I right?
Watching the restoration of our economy … an economy that cratered because of your rejection of reality, surely that won’t move the people … am I right?
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Watching as dignity and respect return to re-inhabit a White House from which they never should have been driven.
Watching as dignity and respect return to re-inhabit a White House from which they never should have been driven.
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Watching as the World exhales and celebrates what we have achieved … WE THE PEOPLE … in rejecting your rejection of reality.
Watching as the World exhales and celebrates what we have achieved … WE THE PEOPLE … in rejecting your rejection of reality.
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Keep it up fellas. Your inability to pivot is making for some bright futures. It’s just that those futures don’t belong to y’all.
Keep it up fellas. Your inability to pivot is making for some bright futures. It’s just that those futures don’t belong to y’all.
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But the work was not finished … and we have left the remnant of our dumpster fire to smolder.
But the work was not finished … and we have left the remnant of our dumpster fire to smolder.
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The general consensus across the Twittersphere with regard to Trump supporters goes like this: they are morons … Hillary was correct to call them deplorables … these are the dregs of our society.
The general consensus across the Twittersphere with regard to Trump supporters goes like this: they are morons … Hillary was correct to call them deplorables … these are the dregs of our society.
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Whole lotta truth here. The problem falling by the wayside for a myriad of reasons is that the percentage of people for which this provides an accurate description and the percentage of people that fall under the label “Trump supporter” are divergent.
Whole lotta truth here. The problem falling by the wayside for a myriad of reasons is that the percentage of people for which this provides an accurate description and the percentage of people that fall under the label “Trump supporter” are divergent.
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What we must understand … and work to eliminate … is the why. For some reason unbeknownst to me … waayyy too many folks are squaring their perceived reality with an acceptance that our societal dregs have blossomed into 49% of our populace.
What we must understand … and work to eliminate … is the why. For some reason unbeknownst to me … waayyy too many folks are squaring their perceived reality with an acceptance that our societal dregs have blossomed into 49% of our populace.
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I am still not sure how they are squaring the ease with which millions in this nation have found it totally f$&king plausible for there to be a shadowy, high power cabal drinking up babies in pursuit of immortality.
I am still not sure how they are squaring the ease with which millions in this nation have found it totally f$&king plausible for there to be a shadowy, high power cabal drinking up babies in pursuit of immortality.
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The degradation of journalistic credibility, the rise of outright like-you-learned-it-in-school propaganda being fed to our nation like news (but let off the hook as entertainment),
The degradation of journalistic credibility, the rise of outright like-you-learned-it-in-school propaganda being fed to our nation like news (but let off the hook as entertainment),
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the degree to which social media has supplanted traditional news in our information ecosystem, the bifurcation of our information ecosystem into two unbridgeable dueling reality echo chambers …
the degree to which social media has supplanted traditional news in our information ecosystem, the bifurcation of our information ecosystem into two unbridgeable dueling reality echo chambers …
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these things are what one needs to spark the dumpster fire within which we find ourselves.
these things are what one needs to spark the dumpster fire within which we find ourselves.
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I can count on two hands the number of people I have come across with appreciation for this.
I can count on two hands the number of people I have come across with appreciation for this.
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The hand count drops to one when we refine our set to include people who realize this ecosystem must be deconstructed should we hope to regain the ground we have lost … to perhaps progress further than we have previously been. Those within reach must be deprogrammed.
The hand count drops to one when we refine our set to include people who realize this ecosystem must be deconstructed should we hope to regain the ground we have lost … to perhaps progress further than we have previously been. Those within reach must be deprogrammed.
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Those unreachable must be drowned out.
Those unreachable must be drowned out.
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I haven’t yet found a single soul interested in helping me work out how this might be achieved. How we might merge our echo chambers so that we might once again share a collective voice.
I haven’t yet found a single soul interested in helping me work out how this might be achieved. How we might merge our echo chambers so that we might once again share a collective voice.
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There must be a return to civil discourse or the fabric of our society shall unravel past the point of patching. We must all inhabit a common reality should we ever hope to find common ground.
There must be a return to civil discourse or the fabric of our society shall unravel past the point of patching. We must all inhabit a common reality should we ever hope to find common ground.
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The rage is properly placed but progress would require more of us … and … at the very least … it will certainly require we understand how the fire started.
The rage is properly placed but progress would require more of us … and … at the very least … it will certainly require we understand how the fire started.
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To heal as a nation would require merging our bifurcated information ecosystem. A stable democracy cannot house two realities.
To heal as a nation would require merging our bifurcated information ecosystem. A stable democracy cannot house two realities.
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Any postgame analysis must account for the current ecosystem by which we download information in this nation. The one which bifurcated our society into two distinct bubbles.
Any postgame analysis must account for the current ecosystem by which we download information in this nation. The one which bifurcated our society into two distinct bubbles.
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I could just as easily have gone with echo chambers, analogically speaking, but there is something mesmeric about bubbles that better suits my mood. So let’s have a closer look at what lies within these bewitching bubbles.
I could just as easily have gone with echo chambers, analogically speaking, but there is something mesmeric about bubbles that better suits my mood. So let’s have a closer look at what lies within these bewitching bubbles.
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Let’s consider the first bubble. Here you’ll find such familiar factions as all-of-the-left and the NeverTrumpers. With these two resident groups, bubble one is unique in housing a complete representation of our nation’s traditional two party system.
Let’s consider the first bubble. Here you’ll find such familiar factions as all-of-the-left and the NeverTrumpers. With these two resident groups, bubble one is unique in housing a complete representation of our nation’s traditional two party system.
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This, predictably, generates much discord; however, you’ll find all bubble one denizens united behind a globule cause: the restoration of observable reality as a basis for civil discourse.
This, predictably, generates much discord; however, you’ll find all bubble one denizens united behind a globule cause: the restoration of observable reality as a basis for civil discourse.
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Let’s move to the second bubble. Here you’ll also find some familiar factions like the GOP and the KKK. To fully comprehend the complexity of bubble two denizens; however, we must familiarize ourselves with some relatively new additions.
Let’s move to the second bubble. Here you’ll also find some familiar factions like the GOP and the KKK. To fully comprehend the complexity of bubble two denizens; however, we must familiarize ourselves with some relatively new additions.
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Are you a white nationalist eagerly awaiting the commencement of your race war, fearing that an evolving American demography might minoritize you? Then perhaps you are already acquainted with the Proud Boys. Pizzagate got you down? Perhaps Q is not new to you.
Are you a white nationalist eagerly awaiting the commencement of your race war, fearing that an evolving American demography might minoritize you? Then perhaps you are already acquainted with the Proud Boys. Pizzagate got you down? Perhaps Q is not new to you.
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As with bubble one, we may tease out a characteristic universally applicable to bubble two denizens: the uncanny ability to house diametrically opposing viewpoints within their skulls.
As with bubble one, we may tease out a characteristic universally applicable to bubble two denizens: the uncanny ability to house diametrically opposing viewpoints within their skulls.
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Tragically, this trait leaves bubble two residents tremendously susceptible to both propaganda and cult phenomena.
Tragically, this trait leaves bubble two residents tremendously susceptible to both propaganda and cult phenomena.
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Let’s consider what the two bubbles have in common. Within each bubble something magical happens. An entire reality blossoms within each bubble. An existence so colorfully complete that bubble residents begin to believe that their bubble must hold all of existence.
Let’s consider what the two bubbles have in common. Within each bubble something magical happens. An entire reality blossoms within each bubble. An existence so colorfully complete that bubble residents begin to believe that their bubble must hold all of existence.
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Spend enough time within a bubble’s confines and any memory of a greater reality, of a world outside of the bubble, fades away like the colors of a weathered “these colors don’t run” bumpersticker.
Spend enough time within a bubble’s confines and any memory of a greater reality, of a world outside of the bubble, fades away like the colors of a weathered “these colors don’t run” bumpersticker.
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If we conduct a direct comparison between the two bubble realities, you’ll notice that they diverge in some fascinating ways. Take the first bubble. Within this bubble it is a widely held belief that our norms and our precedents alone can protect our democracy.
If we conduct a direct comparison between the two bubble realities, you’ll notice that they diverge in some fascinating ways. Take the first bubble. Within this bubble it is a widely held belief that our norms and our precedents alone can protect our democracy.
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Naive, I know, but bless their hearts. Bubble two, in contrast, believes these same norms and precedents to be the insidious tools used by agents of the deep state as they work towards democracy’s deconstruction.
And check this out …
Naive, I know, but bless their hearts. Bubble two, in contrast, believes these same norms and precedents to be the insidious tools used by agents of the deep state as they work towards democracy’s deconstruction.
And check this out …
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In the second bubble … and seriously you won’t want to believe me but I promise it's true … in this second bubble millions … yes millions … of people find it totally plausible for their to be a shadowy, high power cabal drinking up babies in pursuit of immortality.
In the second bubble … and seriously you won’t want to believe me but I promise it's true … in this second bubble millions … yes millions … of people find it totally plausible for their to be a shadowy, high power cabal drinking up babies in pursuit of immortality.
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Suffice it to say that among the myriad of bubble one denizen concerns you’ll not find any mention of baby drinking.
Suffice it to say that among the myriad of bubble one denizen concerns you’ll not find any mention of baby drinking.
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Now ask yourself why such disparities between bubble realities? Cult phenomena can be tricky so don’t feel bad if you can’t think of the answer. I can’t think of it myself. What greater implications might we find concerning the bifurcation of our information ecosystem?
Now ask yourself why such disparities between bubble realities? Cult phenomena can be tricky so don’t feel bad if you can’t think of the answer. I can’t think of it myself. What greater implications might we find concerning the bifurcation of our information ecosystem?
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How would those implications affect political messaging? What does this bifurcation mean for mainstream media? Is “mainstream” still an appropriate moniker for applying to the media outlets we intend to reference?
How would those implications affect political messaging? What does this bifurcation mean for mainstream media? Is “mainstream” still an appropriate moniker for applying to the media outlets we intend to reference?
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What does the ecology of dueling reality information ecosystems mean for political analysis? Don’t worry if you don’t know this either. I sure as sh$t don’t. But I expect it’s consideration would be integral. Full disclosure, I am admittedly biased …
What does the ecology of dueling reality information ecosystems mean for political analysis? Don’t worry if you don’t know this either. I sure as sh$t don’t. But I expect it’s consideration would be integral. Full disclosure, I am admittedly biased …
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for I am obsessed with this information ecosystem quandary … as the frequency with which I recite the following will attest:
for I am obsessed with this information ecosystem quandary … as the frequency with which I recite the following will attest:
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Dueling reality information ecosystems, worldview rigidity, and the power of propaganda may be considered the root problem from which we'e birthed every crisis we now face. Solving it is prerequisite for progress … perhaps even prerequisite for halting our devolution.
Dueling reality information ecosystems, worldview rigidity, and the power of propaganda may be considered the root problem from which we'e birthed every crisis we now face. Solving it is prerequisite for progress … perhaps even prerequisite for halting our devolution.
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It is understandable that we wanted … we still want … blood … for blood is warranted…
It is understandable that we wanted … we still want … blood … for blood is warranted…
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Everyone keeps acting like Trump is a f$&king mob boss controlling those around him. F$&k that sh$t … he is the bullsh$t babbling baboon puffed up like an orange balloon that we all clearly see him to be. Trump is the f$&king tool.
Everyone keeps acting like Trump is a f$&king mob boss controlling those around him. F$&k that sh$t … he is the bullsh$t babbling baboon puffed up like an orange balloon that we all clearly see him to be. Trump is the f$&king tool.
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His enablers built the propaganda machine for peddling this cult of personality as a means for safeguarding their minority rule over our nation.
His enablers built the propaganda machine for peddling this cult of personality as a means for safeguarding their minority rule over our nation.
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I am not quite sure how we are meant to judge psychopathy where accountability is concerned, I can’t quite put my finger on a true psychopath’s capacity for comprehension.
I am not quite sure how we are meant to judge psychopathy where accountability is concerned, I can’t quite put my finger on a true psychopath’s capacity for comprehension.
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I have no such knowledge gaps when it comes to non-psychopaths utilizing weaponized psychopathy to achieve a stranglehold on power … willingly committing treason to protect that which they have gained.
I have no such knowledge gaps when it comes to non-psychopaths utilizing weaponized psychopathy to achieve a stranglehold on power … willingly committing treason to protect that which they have gained.
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The constitution had an answer for Trump. Enablers … such as Lindsey Graham … publicly parted ways with any pretense of public service … liquidated their constitutional oathes when the Senate chamber was recast as a kangaroo court. They chose subversion.
The constitution had an answer for Trump. Enablers … such as Lindsey Graham … publicly parted ways with any pretense of public service … liquidated their constitutional oathes when the Senate chamber was recast as a kangaroo court. They chose subversion.
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When COVID broke like a rogue wave across this nation … they once again saw an opportunity to embrace the contemptible whilst scrambling to shore up their dwindling authority.
When COVID broke like a rogue wave across this nation … they once again saw an opportunity to embrace the contemptible whilst scrambling to shore up their dwindling authority.
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These enablers sought to utilize the disruptive chaos produced by a plagued nation to amplify their efforts at disenfranchisement.
These enablers sought to utilize the disruptive chaos produced by a plagued nation to amplify their efforts at disenfranchisement.
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How pleased must they have been upon learning that the virus was disproportionately killing more brown and black Americans than it was killing white Americans.
How pleased must they have been upon learning that the virus was disproportionately killing more brown and black Americans than it was killing white Americans.
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The virus … itself … became a tool. Those we speak of as minorities in this nation … those who when we add them together shall soon become a majority … they were the ones in the eye of the storm.
The virus … itself … became a tool. Those we speak of as minorities in this nation … those who when we add them together shall soon become a majority … they were the ones in the eye of the storm.
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What perhaps began as a political stance born of stupidity or stubbornness or something else entirely … had blossomed into fresh opportunity …
What perhaps began as a political stance born of stupidity or stubbornness or something else entirely … had blossomed into fresh opportunity …
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an opportunity for our elderly white ruling class to roll back the color-to-white ratio of our populace … herd immunity very quickly became the official federal COVID response … tapping Atlas simply emboldened them to tell us so.
an opportunity for our elderly white ruling class to roll back the color-to-white ratio of our populace … herd immunity very quickly became the official federal COVID response … tapping Atlas simply emboldened them to tell us so.
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Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, Bill Barr, every GOP senator, every GOP member that has openly embraced these actions … or whose solidarity is shown through silence … these are the responsible parties. These are the people for which we must ensure accountability.
Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, Bill Barr, every GOP senator, every GOP member that has openly embraced these actions … or whose solidarity is shown through silence … these are the responsible parties. These are the people for which we must ensure accountability.
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These are the vampiric vultures whose feathers we shall pluck … for WE THE PEOPLE must protect what we hold precious from such men and women … and make examples of them for future generations …
These are the vampiric vultures whose feathers we shall pluck … for WE THE PEOPLE must protect what we hold precious from such men and women … and make examples of them for future generations …
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examples we shall include in our lesson plans when teaching our children’s children the history of this nation’s Tree of Liberty.
examples we shall include in our lesson plans when teaching our children’s children the history of this nation’s Tree of Liberty.
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But the blood must balanced with something else … with something new
But the blood must balanced with something else … with something new
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I wonder what it will be like for things to get better after being arguably as bad as they have ever been
I wonder what it will be like for things to get better after being arguably as bad as they have ever been
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I wonder how all those falsehoods will play after things start to get better.
I wonder how all those falsehoods will play after things start to get better.
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I wonder how many full fledged COVID deniers will finally encounter this deadly pandemic.
I wonder how many full fledged COVID deniers will finally encounter this deadly pandemic.
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I wonder if red states will continue to suffer needlessly under Trumpian COVID policies.
I wonder if red states will continue to suffer needlessly under Trumpian COVID policies.
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I wonder what the recovering blue states will look like from those red states.
I wonder what the recovering blue states will look like from those red states.
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I wonder how those red state constituents will feel when their jobs come back.
I wonder how those red state constituents will feel when their jobs come back.
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When they aren’t so frightened.
When they aren’t so frightened.
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When their families feel safe.
When their families feel safe.
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When they feel that their families are safe.
When they feel that their families are safe.
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I wonder who the ratings leader is among cable news networks.
Wait … who used to be the leader?
Okay … but for how long? Really?
I wonder what changed.
I wonder who the ratings leader is among cable news networks.
Wait … who used to be the leader?
Okay … but for how long? Really?
I wonder what changed.
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I wonder how many more previously registered Republicans will re-register with reality.
I wonder how many more previously registered Republicans will re-register with reality.
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I wonder what it will feel like in 2022 … after two years of feeling better.
I wonder what it will feel like in 2022 … after two years of feeling better.
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I wonder how difficult it would be to reject reality for 6 straight years with nothing but the whole sale loss of jobs and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of American citizens to show for it.
I wonder how difficult it would be to reject reality for 6 straight years with nothing but the whole sale loss of jobs and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of American citizens to show for it.
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I wonder how much quicker the historical record becomes cemented when that record has been broadcast to the globe via the digitization of every inch of our lives.
I wonder how much quicker the historical record becomes cemented when that record has been broadcast to the globe via the digitization of every inch of our lives.
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I wonder who will write that history, and how the reality rejectionists will come off in retrospect.
I wonder who will write that history, and how the reality rejectionists will come off in retrospect.
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I wonder how embracing white supremacy and white grievance as a party platform will age as the demography tips (like flipped GA tips).
I wonder how embracing white supremacy and white grievance as a party platform will age as the demography tips (like flipped GA tips).
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I wonder how many more people will come to believe in a shadowy high power cabal drinking up babies in the pursuit of immortality.
I wonder if it will be enough to win elections.
I wonder how many more people will come to believe in a shadowy high power cabal drinking up babies in the pursuit of immortality.
I wonder if it will be enough to win elections.
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The optimistic vision I have of our future is only attainable when the answers to these questions are what your heart wanted them to be. Those answers are inevitable only if we put in the work. If you are doing what you did last time, you’re doin’ it wrong.
The optimistic vision I have of our future is only attainable when the answers to these questions are what your heart wanted them to be. Those answers are inevitable only if we put in the work. If you are doing what you did last time, you’re doin’ it wrong.
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We continue to choose the unbalanced approach. So blinded by our outrage we are unable to see what progress necessitates.
We continue to choose the unbalanced approach. So blinded by our outrage we are unable to see what progress necessitates.
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I just can’t get over what people think a large sign that says cancel Jim Jordan (or Google Jim Jordan Wrestling) could accomplish.
I just can’t get over what people think a large sign that says cancel Jim Jordan (or Google Jim Jordan Wrestling) could accomplish.
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Just feels like, if you (eye rolly voice) haaave to throw your money into paint, one might compose something that at least holds a point. But really, f$&k billboards.
Just feels like, if you (eye rolly voice) haaave to throw your money into paint, one might compose something that at least holds a point. But really, f$&k billboards.
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The fact of it is the billboards, the videos. You either didn’t need the negative sell, it was to make you feel powerful … or congrats you just convinced someone to dig in another two years on account of your self-righteousness.
The fact of it is the billboards, the videos. You either didn’t need the negative sell, it was to make you feel powerful … or congrats you just convinced someone to dig in another two years on account of your self-righteousness.
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With each new month, folks will have forgotten a little more. When enough time has passed without persuasion, well done, by not pressing our advantage you have managed to rehydrate a career that was ready to be crumpled and tossed.
With each new month, folks will have forgotten a little more. When enough time has passed without persuasion, well done, by not pressing our advantage you have managed to rehydrate a career that was ready to be crumpled and tossed.
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The simplicity of the answer is what kills me.
The simplicity of the answer is what kills me.
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Last November, I felt a part of something bigger. There was a sense of belonging. Today there is mostly a sense of disappointment. And it isn’t the government. It is the people. Which is worse.
Last November, I felt a part of something bigger. There was a sense of belonging. Today there is mostly a sense of disappointment. And it isn’t the government. It is the people. Which is worse.
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Whatever happened to getting money out of politics anyway?
Whatever happened to getting money out of politics anyway?
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Being on the edge of my seat wondering whether (never even having been in a real fight) I was about to take the two tasers, the two axes, the two machetes, and the mallet (that drove those chain link fence posts into the soil …
Being on the edge of my seat wondering whether (never even having been in a real fight) I was about to take the two tasers, the two axes, the two machetes, and the mallet (that drove those chain link fence posts into the soil …
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on the San Diego County property we owned for six months), drive to DC, find a place to stay, take a breath, crack the laptop, and find out whether A Brilliant Mind could plan the perfect murder …
on the San Diego County property we owned for six months), drive to DC, find a place to stay, take a breath, crack the laptop, and find out whether A Brilliant Mind could plan the perfect murder …
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of the fascist coup instigating tyrant Thomas Payne told us was to fertilize that f$&king tree … so … yeah … that was easier than watching y’all f$&k everything up. Congrats.
of the fascist coup instigating tyrant Thomas Payne told us was to fertilize that f$&king tree … so … yeah … that was easier than watching y’all f$&k everything up. Congrats.
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Carrying ahead as we've arrived does nought but stoke the flames of that fire. Ingenuity will be required.
Carrying ahead as we've arrived does nought but stoke the flames of that fire. Ingenuity will be required.
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I have always been fascinated by the common thread stretched about humanity that links up our narratives. The similitude with which humanity engineers itself by independent means.
I have always been fascinated by the common thread stretched about humanity that links up our narratives. The similitude with which humanity engineers itself by independent means.
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Take dragons for example. Damn near everyone thought up dragons.
Take dragons for example. Damn near everyone thought up dragons.
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They thought ‘em up in Egypt, where Apep was the very embodiment of chaos.
They thought ‘em up in Egypt, where Apep was the very embodiment of chaos.
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Egypt also thought up my personal favorite, Ouroboros, who was a manifestation of the snake god Mehen.
Egypt also thought up my personal favorite, Ouroboros, who was a manifestation of the snake god Mehen.
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They thought ‘em up in Mother Russia where it would appear three really is a magic number. One would assume their mastery of weather and water source got ‘em the gig at the bow of this Russian Viking ship.
They thought ‘em up in Mother Russia where it would appear three really is a magic number. One would assume their mastery of weather and water source got ‘em the gig at the bow of this Russian Viking ship.
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This handsome three-headed fella, who goes by Zmey Gorynych, is from Russian folklore. He liked taking human form and seducing him some laadiees.
This handsome three-headed fella, who goes by Zmey Gorynych, is from Russian folklore. He liked taking human form and seducing him some laadiees.
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In Greece, dragons were hurling up namesakes. Here we see a depiction of Athena watching as the Colchian dragon, guardian of the Golden Fleece, disgorges Jason.
In Greece, dragons were hurling up namesakes. Here we see a depiction of Athena watching as the Colchian dragon, guardian of the Golden Fleece, disgorges Jason.
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Greek dragons were also being raised solely for the purpose of slaying Heracles (pictured here failing miserably is the Lernaean Hydra).
Greek dragons were also being raised solely for the purpose of slaying Heracles (pictured here failing miserably is the Lernaean Hydra).
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The Greeks also liked stickin‘ ‘em in mosaics, as with this depiction of a sea dragon or cetus.
The Greeks also liked stickin‘ ‘em in mosaics, as with this depiction of a sea dragon or cetus.
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In China, where dragons were thought to bring good luck to those worthy of such fortune, you’ll find them carved into walls. I mean … be kinda awkward not to find dragons at Nine-Dragon Wall … am I right?
In China, where dragons were thought to bring good luck to those worthy of such fortune, you’ll find them carved into walls. I mean … be kinda awkward not to find dragons at Nine-Dragon Wall … am I right?
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The last imperial dynasty of China, the Qing dynasty, chose to stick one of the dragon gods, the Azure Dragon, on their flag.
The last imperial dynasty of China, the Qing dynasty, chose to stick one of the dragon gods, the Azure Dragon, on their flag.
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It wouldn’t be long before the Chinese dragon would make its way to Japan, as evidenced by this Hokusai painting,
It wouldn’t be long before the Chinese dragon would make its way to Japan, as evidenced by this Hokusai painting,
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as well as to Korea, as evidenced by the murals found at the Goguryeo tombs.
as well as to Korea, as evidenced by the murals found at the Goguryeo tombs.
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The first known portrayal of a fully modern, western dragon may be found within a medieval manuscript.
The first known portrayal of a fully modern, western dragon may be found within a medieval manuscript.
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Native Americans painted dragons on bluffs. This fearsome piasa bird craved human flesh.
Native Americans painted dragons on bluffs. This fearsome piasa bird craved human flesh.
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So what is the point of my little dragons of the world presentation? I believe it worth considering the discrepancies and commonalities amongst such cultural invention.
So what is the point of my little dragons of the world presentation? I believe it worth considering the discrepancies and commonalities amongst such cultural invention.
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Let us begin with commonalities. The nearest I can tell, the single common thread among these narratives defines a dragon as a serpentine, legendary creature.
Let me paint my point metaphorically.
Let us begin with commonalities. The nearest I can tell, the single common thread among these narratives defines a dragon as a serpentine, legendary creature.
Let me paint my point metaphorically.
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We often speak of storytellers as though they were spinning yarn. It would not, then, be much of a stretch to reimagine them as weavers, and their creations as tapestries such as the two below.
We often speak of storytellers as though they were spinning yarn. It would not, then, be much of a stretch to reimagine them as weavers, and their creations as tapestries such as the two below.
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We might think of the universally common as the warp threads running through these tapestries. Something structural. Not the good stuff.
We might think of the universally common as the warp threads running through these tapestries. Something structural. Not the good stuff.
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What they all saw the same way isn’t really the interesting bit, is it? Seems to me the good stuff is what each culture thought of a little bit differently, the weft threads of the tapestries.
What they all saw the same way isn’t really the interesting bit, is it? Seems to me the good stuff is what each culture thought of a little bit differently, the weft threads of the tapestries.
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That which makes the Chinese dragon on the right something entirely different than the Celtic dragon on the left. Different … but no less beautiful … and the world is richer having known them both. Having known them both, what might one weave next?
That which makes the Chinese dragon on the right something entirely different than the Celtic dragon on the left. Different … but no less beautiful … and the world is richer having known them both. Having known them both, what might one weave next?
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Consider, then, what invention becomes possible with all things considered.
Consider, then, what invention becomes possible with all things considered.
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What might I be able to learn from someone with whom I share nothing but warp threads (were we each provided our very own babel fish … obviously).
What might I be able to learn from someone with whom I share nothing but warp threads (were we each provided our very own babel fish … obviously).
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What might he learn from me? After we have finished feeding our fish and gone our separate ways, how might we be affected? What ingenuity might we have unlocked for future endeavors?
What might he learn from me? After we have finished feeding our fish and gone our separate ways, how might we be affected? What ingenuity might we have unlocked for future endeavors?
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Not enough? Not yet convinced of the beneficiality of discrepant embrace? Another example, then.
Not enough? Not yet convinced of the beneficiality of discrepant embrace? Another example, then.
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What must this untouched Amazonian tribe have thought possible that they hadn’t only moments earlier?
What must this untouched Amazonian tribe have thought possible that they hadn’t only moments earlier?
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I don’t want y’all thinkin’ I only value discrepancy. We value the shared human experience, that which binds us as a species … the things about our lives, about the human condition, one finds to be as true beneath the canopy as they are in my backyard.
I don’t want y’all thinkin’ I only value discrepancy. We value the shared human experience, that which binds us as a species … the things about our lives, about the human condition, one finds to be as true beneath the canopy as they are in my backyard.
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Without such warp threads we might find those outside the purview of our particular worldview entirely un-relatable. We might consider children one such thread. Entirely relatable.
Without such warp threads we might find those outside the purview of our particular worldview entirely un-relatable. We might consider children one such thread. Entirely relatable.
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What I find to be most valuable, however, are those weft threads … the good stuff. The stuff that tells us not who we are, but who we might be … who we might become.
What I find to be most valuable, however, are those weft threads … the good stuff. The stuff that tells us not who we are, but who we might be … who we might become.
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It is the unique that drives us to want to try out something new … that has us saying, “huh, I never thought to do that,” or “I haven’t thought of it that way before.”
It is the unique that drives us to want to try out something new … that has us saying, “huh, I never thought to do that,” or “I haven’t thought of it that way before.”
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It is the unique that allows us to glance up at the sky and say to ourselves, “I never knew that was possible.”
It is the unique that allows us to glance up at the sky and say to ourselves, “I never knew that was possible.”
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Thinking about folklore and mythology in this way got me thinking about world-views, and the current political climate in our country.
Thinking about folklore and mythology in this way got me thinking about world-views, and the current political climate in our country.
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When Trump was first impeached, I became deeply invested in the plight of our nation. If I was awake, the television was tuned to MSNBC and I was absorbing all of it.
When Trump was first impeached, I became deeply invested in the plight of our nation. If I was awake, the television was tuned to MSNBC and I was absorbing all of it.
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The reality rejectionist platform pushed by the GOP, the militia grooming, the election theft, the fascist coup, etc., etc. You all know the story.
The reality rejectionist platform pushed by the GOP, the militia grooming, the election theft, the fascist coup, etc., etc. You all know the story.
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The things is, I was getting there weeks, if not months, before anyone I was seeing on my television (or Twitter for that matter). I began wondering why. I mean … me … a guy with a political knowledge gap the size of those Texan power bills.
The things is, I was getting there weeks, if not months, before anyone I was seeing on my television (or Twitter for that matter). I began wondering why. I mean … me … a guy with a political knowledge gap the size of those Texan power bills.
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Then there seemed to come a moment at which point everyone caught up. Biden was declared victorious.
Then there seemed to come a moment at which point everyone caught up. Biden was declared victorious.
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I was caught up in the jubilation … and felt as though, perhaps, the whole divergency irritant had been flushed.
I was caught up in the jubilation … and felt as though, perhaps, the whole divergency irritant had been flushed.
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It hadn’t been. Coinciding with the beginning of Trump’s second impeachment trial, even more so than before, my read diverged from any other I could find.
It hadn’t been. Coinciding with the beginning of Trump’s second impeachment trial, even more so than before, my read diverged from any other I could find.
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Maximum dissidence was reached immediately following the Senate’s vote to acquit, when Mitch stepped up to the podium and began speaking.
Maximum dissidence was reached immediately following the Senate’s vote to acquit, when Mitch stepped up to the podium and began speaking.
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Wait … wait … that wasn’t Mitch.
Okay, that’s Mitch. So Mitch got up there and did precisely what I feared he might … he pivoted away from a doomed reality rejectionist platform. My surprise was in how everyone else responded.
Wait … wait … that wasn’t Mitch.
Okay, that’s Mitch. So Mitch got up there and did precisely what I feared he might … he pivoted away from a doomed reality rejectionist platform. My surprise was in how everyone else responded.
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“So what, then, is your point?” you ask. “It seems as though that vuvuzela isn’t the only horn you’ve been blowing,” you say (in a rather accusatory tone I might add). Here is my point with regard to my power to prognosticate.
“So what, then, is your point?” you ask. “It seems as though that vuvuzela isn’t the only horn you’ve been blowing,” you say (in a rather accusatory tone I might add). Here is my point with regard to my power to prognosticate.
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I have grown convinced that I have uncovered the force at play here. It is precisely that political knowledge gap which has turned me amateur prognosticator.
I have grown convinced that I have uncovered the force at play here. It is precisely that political knowledge gap which has turned me amateur prognosticator.
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Without the knowledge of political norms and precedents pressing into my mental map of possibility, my imagination would not be limited to what has come before.
Without the knowledge of political norms and precedents pressing into my mental map of possibility, my imagination would not be limited to what has come before.
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My expectations were unflappable when met with a world that no longer made sense, while so many clung to a pre-Trumpian set of expectations. They, consciously or subconsciously (mind is tricky that way), feared the unrecognizable now.
My expectations were unflappable when met with a world that no longer made sense, while so many clung to a pre-Trumpian set of expectations. They, consciously or subconsciously (mind is tricky that way), feared the unrecognizable now.
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I want to return, briefly, to that Amazonian tribe, staring up at that plane. No doubt you had a similar reaction to my own upon seeing that image, postulating what magic they must invent to explain that which they have seen.
I want to return, briefly, to that Amazonian tribe, staring up at that plane. No doubt you had a similar reaction to my own upon seeing that image, postulating what magic they must invent to explain that which they have seen.
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I want you to consider something that perhaps you wouldn’t have thought to consider. Let’s reimagine magic. What if Trump were piloting that plane? (Nailed it, right?)
I want you to consider something that perhaps you wouldn’t have thought to consider. Let’s reimagine magic. What if Trump were piloting that plane? (Nailed it, right?)
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Of course the plane crashes. It was held aloft by norms and precedents. Say everyone survives the crash. Which group, the planites or the tribe, now possesses the most accurate view of what surrounds them?
Of course the plane crashes. It was held aloft by norms and precedents. Say everyone survives the crash. Which group, the planites or the tribe, now possesses the most accurate view of what surrounds them?
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Politically, societally, pick-your-ly … who among us has the most accurate view of what surrounds us today?
Politically, societally, pick-your-ly … who among us has the most accurate view of what surrounds us today?
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Well … I mean … you’re not wrong. We have a hell-of-a-lotta problems (and thanks for participating, couldn’t pull this off without ya) … problems requiring masterful weavers work together in fabricating solutions.
Well … I mean … you’re not wrong. We have a hell-of-a-lotta problems (and thanks for participating, couldn’t pull this off without ya) … problems requiring masterful weavers work together in fabricating solutions.
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Let us, then, consider carefully whom we shall invite to sit down at our table … with which unique perspectives we shall be outfitted.
Let us, then, consider carefully whom we shall invite to sit down at our table … with which unique perspectives we shall be outfitted.
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What might discrepant world-views or experience engender as we begin weaving? What might we see in the weft threads of our tapestry that we never knew was possible?
What might discrepant world-views or experience engender as we begin weaving? What might we see in the weft threads of our tapestry that we never knew was possible?
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Here is what I see. A grassroots movement to reach into that other bubble of reality and snatch back salvageable souls.
Here is what I see. A grassroots movement to reach into that other bubble of reality and snatch back salvageable souls.
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There is no pivot for the Republican Party. There is only their base …
There is no pivot for the Republican Party. There is only their base …
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and the beacons that draw them.
and the beacons that draw them.
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The goal has always been minority rule by the white few over the multicultural many.
The goal has always been minority rule by the white few over the multicultural many.
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They share this goal with others.
They share this goal with others.
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It is the bifurcated information ecosystem, the perfect propaganda delivery system …
It is the bifurcated information ecosystem, the perfect propaganda delivery system …
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giving them end to end control over a fabricated reality,
giving them end to end control over a fabricated reality,
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that enables them to sculpt their base to suit their needs.
that enables them to sculpt their base to suit their needs.
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By controlling the information ecosystem of their base, they have successfully torn the fabric of American society in twain.
By controlling the information ecosystem of their base, they have successfully torn the fabric of American society in twain.
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And now the cultified have begun joining the ranks …
And now the cultified have begun joining the ranks …
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and they are all the way in.
and they are all the way in.
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We had the momentum. It is now a push … and we've but one clear way to topple the house of cards they've built for themselves within that other bubble of American reality.
We had the momentum. It is now a push … and we've but one clear way to topple the house of cards they've built for themselves within that other bubble of American reality.
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We must merge our dual reality back into one … one common reality … a reality within which we might find that common ground …
We must merge our dual reality back into one … one common reality … a reality within which we might find that common ground …
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the common ground required should we wish to build a strong foundation … fortify the American experiment … so that it may be gifted to our children. We must do this … and time is running out to start trying.
the common ground required should we wish to build a strong foundation … fortify the American experiment … so that it may be gifted to our children. We must do this … and time is running out to start trying.
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This is that to which you must wake. This is what I have tried to draw out of you since before COVID was a thing. The futility of waking the woke is why I'll probably stop trying.
This is that to which you must wake. This is what I have tried to draw out of you since before COVID was a thing. The futility of waking the woke is why I'll probably stop trying.
I mean … if you're actually here you are unlikely to need this … but here is the scrollable version.
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