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QC@QiaochuYuan• about 6 years ago

There's some kind of awful toxoplasmosis life cycle thing going on with trauma and ideology. Trauma begets ideologies to make sense of it, and those ideologies form communities in which everyone is actually actively reinforcing each other's trauma, I think in several ways. Oof.

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QC@QiaochuYuan• about 6 years ago
Replying to @QiaochuYuan

Not only that but ideological communities spawn nemesis communities (e.g. feminism spawning redpill), and not only is this happening in each of them individually but they're also making each other worse too. What a goddamn mess.

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QC@QiaochuYuan• about 6 years ago
Replying to @QiaochuYuan

For context, the mention of toxoplasmosis is a reference to @slatestarcodex's Toxoplasmosis of Rage, which continues to be extremely relevant and worth building on: https://t.co/SJXbKruTsU

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QC@QiaochuYuan• about 6 years ago
Replying to @QiaochuYuan

Also @Meta_Aesthetic linked me to this piece by @Ideopunk which is a perfect description of the symptoms although could be strongly augmented by a clearer model of trauma: https://t.co/V5vQ5AEvZ6

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Your friend Myk 🌻🍉@mykola• about 6 years ago
Replying to @QiaochuYuan

@QiaochuYuan @RivalVoices @Meta_Aesthetic @Ideopunk I unfollow anyone who RTs quillette into my thread. Have a good one!

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