When the status quo fails to deliver what it used to promise, you get a lot of people willing to trust alternatives that are unproven or would have seemed ridiculous previously.

The problem is that there will always be way more bad alternatives than good ones.

History, tech stuff, SEO/marketing, shitposting, etc. etc.


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To solve any problem you get a crazy ratio of failed startups:one that actually works

When a government starts failing you get a lot more people willing to be socialist or libertarian or anarchist or whatever

Same is true in media. People look at CNN or whoever and go well you clearly lied about this, why don’t I just listen to OANN or read people on Twitter.

When you don’t have a reliable status quo that you can rely on for what its supposed to do you really have to have your guard up

And somehow, the weirdest ones always come with merch and a Discord.