• xep@fedia.io
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    Does this ever work? I just wonder what fuels this collective insanity. If it’s never worked before, is the goal to keep trying until it does and then constitutes legal precedent?

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      It has never worked, but there are people online pretending it has, which makes some people who aren’t very smart think maybe it’ll work for them, too.

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        “does that actually work”

        “No it never does… But it might work for us”

        -Arrested development

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      Millions of people are saddled with bills they can’t pay and an uncaring and complicated bureaucracy they struggle to navigate because of poor education, then they find a community of people claiming to have the solution to all of their problems. It doesn’t have to work, they just have to believe it does and they will rationalize away any sign that it doesn’t. The sovcit community gives them a feeling of autonomy and control they will not easily part with.

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      They’re stupid and their in-group are also mostly idiots.

      Facebook and other platforms are partly culpable because they could stamp this out to prevent it was spreading, but they don’t care.

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      No response means the magic gibberish has worked, and rejection means that they move on to the next step of paper terrorism. When they wind up in court they further dig in. It’s peak “us vs them” mindset.