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Helen De Cruz
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Philosopher writing on science, religion, SFF, SFWA, Codex, lute music. newsletter: helendecruz.substack.com website: helendecruz.net/ My book Wonderstruck - press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691232126/wonderstruck
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When Trump was finally banned from Twitter (note: he should have been banned much earlier, because he violated so consistently Twitter's own terms and conditions) a lot of the far-right went to Truth Social and Parler. But these platforms were big failures 2/

The Spectacular Failure of Right-Wing Social Media Platforms
The Spectacular Failure of Right-Wing Social Media Platforms

From Kanye West (maybe?) buying Parler (but why?) to Donald Trump’s flailing (and scammy) Truth Social, the “free-speech” revolution is floundering.

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They failed spectacularly because (1) the far right has nothing interesting to say. They are an inherently unstable position, filled with contradictions. They're amplifying existing bad trends such as the American right's steady move away from science since the 1970s cf here -- 3/

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Helen De Cruz
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Philosopher writing on science, religion, SFF, SFWA, Codex, lute music. newsletter: helendecruz.substack.com website: helendecruz.net/ My book Wonderstruck - press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691232126/wonderstruck
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