#tbt @alephnulldc.bsky.social @davidwithegoodhair.bsky.social

I suspect this is a HUGELY underestimated factor in radicalization. If you look at, say, QAnon boards, it’s not really folks looking for scapegoats for their dire material circumstances. It’s middle-class people with boring lives who want to imagine they’re in The Parallax View.

Don’t know yet what want this space to be, so I’ll start with dog content.

It is nice to be on a social media platform where you do not feel like some weirdo billionaire is Wizard of Oz-ing a bespoke nefarious algorithm from behind a giant curtain