Great article by Daniel Greenfield
https://www.danielgreenfield.org/2024/04/the-unreal-politics-of-unreal-men.html
The Unreal Politics Of Unreal Men
“Social media isn’t real life.” It’s a phrase we hear a lot. But is that really true?
When Congress threatened to block China from controlling TikTok, the company riled up a mob of tweens to threaten Congress. If the Senate gives in, the outcome will be real enough.
TikTok certainly is real life. If you doubt it, look at the rate of teenage girls who have themselves mutilated because of trans trends on the app, even younger girls who killed themselves over material in the app’s algorithm or the spread of verbal or motor ‘tics’ to teens over the platform.
Social media isn’t real in the same way as the wind and the rain, or the laws of physics or economics, it’s an alternate reality spread through the internal realities of our minds.
Before social media, there was just media, the concentration of mass media, radio, film and newspapers that wrecked much of the twentieth century and killed millions of people. It is no coincidence that some of the most destructive social and political movements arose in line with the growth of the media. It’s impossible to imagine Nazism or Communism without the media.
What made people think that the Third Reich or the Communist revolution were viable? The Communists and Nazis were savvy propagandists who took full advantage of newspapers, film and all the elements of modern spectacle to concoct an alternate reality for millions of people. The crowds at Hitler rallies or Communist marches were living in their own version of the real world. And it was not until Hitler shot himself in his bunker or the Berlin Wall fell that they woke up to find that everything they believed had been as delusional.as anything on TikTok.
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A few headlines and snips. Some is even good!
https://thenationalpulse.com/2024/04/19/opendemocracy-slashes-newsroom-jobs-as-soros-funding-dries-up/
OpenDemocracy Slashes Newsroom Jobs as Soros Funding Dries Up.
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https://thenationalpulse.com/2024/04/19/gaetz-files-amendment-to-fund-border-wall-construction-with-ukraine-loan-repayments/
Gaetz Files Amendment to Fund Border Wall Construction with Ukraine Loan Repayments.
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https://thepostmillennial.com/most-women-athletes-oppose-trans-identified-male-players-in-womens-competition
Most women athletes oppose trans-identified male players in women’s competition
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https://thepostmillennial.com/missouri-ag-threatens-legal-action-after-kansas-city-mayor-opens-city-to-illegal-immigrants
Missouri AG threatens ‘legal action’ after Kansas City mayor opens city to illegal immigrants
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https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/la-prosecutor-election-software-firm-case-claims-charges-dropped-over-das
LA prosecutor on election software firm case claims charges dropped over DA’s political concerns
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https://justthenews.com/government/security/united-states-vetoes-un-resolution-supporting-full-membership-palestine
membership
Robert Wood, the deputy U.S. ambassador to the UN, said that the veto does not reflect the U.S’s position on Palestine becoming a state, but rather that the statehood must come from negotiations.
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/conservative-house-freedom-caucus-opposes-america-last-aid-package-funding
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WI Rep. Mike Gallagher indicates Congress departure is over death threats and swatting
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https://justthenews.com/nation/states/montana-sued-over-refusal-allow-transgender-people-change-sex-birth-certificate
Montana sued over refusal to allow transgender people to change sex on birth certificate
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