It may all “be theater,” but it is a big mistake to underestimate the power of theater.

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There’s another reason for censorship…

Multiple posts on my “for you” feed make outright false claims every day, usually historical in nature. The first recorded African slave revolt in the Americas (1521) happened in the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo owned by Columbus’ son when the island was called Hispaniola.

Uberboyo No. The Spanish crown was still granting asientos (a contract granting the right to supply enslaved Africans to Spanish colonies in the Americas) in the 1700s. The last one they granted was to the British South Sea company in 1713 that went on for 30 years.

It’s a way to keep me here. When someone makes blatantly false historical claims, my immediate urge is to spend hours bringing receipts because it doesn’t help humanity’s future to mislead on our past — but dammit, I actually have things to do today.

The demonization of groups of people that those in power could not control is a major recurring theme that comes up again and again in history, and a lot of people even today simply don't seem to understand that's how it worked (or are pretending they don't have the ability to

Did you know that according to the 12th Amendment, if no candidate gets a majority of Electoral College votes, apparently the House of Representatives chooses the president? (And if they don't choose by March 4th, the Vice President acts as President.)

I’ll never forget how when 9/11 happened, the TV people spent weeks playing footage of planes hitting towers over and over while telling everyone around me how to think and feel about it, so they did.

Was the question “What are your plans for us plebs, oh Overlord?” (It’s paywalled so I just had to take a guess.)

Can’t believe it’s 2024 and we’re still having to ask this.

“Were there actually updates in physics maybe mid-century that were not disclosed to the public?” (Interesting response from Hal Putoff of the CIA’s Stargate program)