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Re: Re: I'm probably delusional, but
Feb. 13th, 2025 08:06 amI'm not saying that a Pokémon fan artist who doesn't want to get DMs with creepy commission requests is as bad as Elon Musk. Obviously. Still, I do believe it's significant that both of these groups are directing their political energy into a fantasy.
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This should go without saying, but "protecting children" has nothing to do with conspiracy theories about politicians injecting themselves with adrenochrome harvested from orphans; nor does it have anything to do with the stories people post about magical space wizards on AO3 dot org. People can (and should) believe whatever sort of weird nonsense they want, but problems arise when significant demographic groups become convinced that their political power lies entirely in controlling what they see in the media they consume.
There's more to say, but the headspace is too depressing for me to handle right now.
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This should go without saying, but "protecting children" has nothing to do with conspiracy theories about politicians injecting themselves with adrenochrome harvested from orphans; nor does it have anything to do with the stories people post about magical space wizards on AO3 dot org. People can (and should) believe whatever sort of weird nonsense they want, but problems arise when significant demographic groups become convinced that their political power lies entirely in controlling what they see in the media they consume.
There's more to say, but the headspace is too depressing for me to handle right now.
