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   Dan Hulton (danhulton@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:05:29 JST Dan Hulton

   • Thomas 🔭🕹️

   @thomasfuchs I feel like that's an optimistic take on what he's saying there.

   But also, it's WAY too nuanced. Like "you still can vote, but you won't have to, because I'll make sure that votes are just for show, and I'll make sure the good choices are made regardless", that's asking a lot of people to read that into what he said.

   "You won't have to vote anymore because there won't BE voting anymore because I'm just going to assume direct control" is a MUCH more direct and easier translation.

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     Dan Hulton (danhulton@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:23:41 JST Dan Hulton

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs Sure, but I mean there's what happens and what he's saying. Yeah, it may go the way of a managed democracy before going directly into authoritarianism, but I don't think that's what he's saying on stage there.

     I realize I'm splitting hairs at this point, though, like they're both objectively awful, and anyone who interprets what he said as EITHER of these things and thinks "now there's a guy I'd give my last useful vote to" is a dangerous idiot.