“Decades of predicting doom, yet the failed predictions just get memory-holed.” Seth Cotlar nails how apocalyptic rhetoric works. Fantastic interview by Thor Benson for @atrupar.com’s newsletter. If you're not reading Public Notice yet, do yourself a favor and subscribe!
Aaron Rupar"If your neighbor thinks some kooky things about communists, it might make them kind of an intolerable jerk, but they don’t have the power to do anything. But when the FBI or CIA or other institutions that have power think this way, then it starts to have real implications” — @sethcotlar.bsky.social