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Q.U.I.N.N.@icedquinn@blob.cat (2026-08-10 10:24:40)
@sendpaws basically we have known fail states which are few but well identified

- when food costs more than about 50% of day wages, peasant revolt is guaranteed
- when privileges are granted and summarily revoked, riots are very likely

its basically a long con of measuring out how much you can take back at a time, normalizing it, and repeating, the "boiling the frog" strategy, where by the time a resistance forms they implicitly accept most of your control anyway (they're arguing to undo your latest power grab, not that your entire paradigm of control was never valid to begin with)
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Pawlicker@sendpaws@mitra.pawslut.party (2026-08-10 10:41:08)
@icedquinn That's why this post is so good, it basically says that internet clampdowns did not change public opinion but rather radicalized people harder because "the jews did this" wasn't a funny joke anymore after seeing the people you like be targeted by the NGOs.

It also failed at a lot of goals, from keeping Trump out to the rise of the populist right in Europe, to trying to keep people up to date with the latest COVID script because turns out all it did was make people lose trust. Instead, those ended up happening because of how people felt about real world issues.

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Q.U.I.N.N.@icedquinn@blob.cat (2026-08-10 10:44:18)
@sendpaws i think the 'jew shield' concept is falling apart. the left hates israel nowadays and stuff like massie's firing nakedly exposes disproportionate representation.

it turns out people only tolerate "hitler happened once" for so many school bombings.