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The reaction of Koo may be more accurately described as being to globalization and the cultural homogenization it entails than against the largely western right
by motohagiography 6y ago
The reaction of Koo may be more accurately described as being to globalization and the cultural homogenization it entails than against the largely western right/left divide.
The diversity of opinions on mainstream platforms is starting to resemble being in an airport where you have the choice of mcdonald's, wendy's, burger king, or taco bell if you are looking for something exotic. Sure, it appeals to everyone, except it appeals to their vices and when they don't have better choices. As soon as people can afford better, they switch. From an economics perspective, the mainstream US platforms are an "inferior good." The last 10 years of social media has been a real time spectacle of intellectual mean reversion.
I'm cheering Koo on anyway. They're going after the regional desires of hundreds of millions of people who have a country in common. The bar to creating services like this is really low, and there are so many other huge countries to serve.
- john_max_1 6y agoIt is actually worse that you said. It is like the US wants to have only mcdonald's, wendy's, burger king, or taco bell at the Indian airports.
- kylehotchkiss 6y agoYou forgot Starbucks, which US is succeeding in placing in every large Indian airport.
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago...Subway!
- redpillor 6y agotwitter refused to shut down pakistan's ISPR troll bot accounts who were trying to spread hate twitter openly supported these trolls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEuB_2KzobY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEuB_2KzobY and twitter also supported urban naxal terrorists who are funded by china.
- hannofcart 6y agoFor the uninitiated, 'urban naxal' is the broad brush pejorative term that the Indian right wing uses to describe anyone who disagrees with them.
- portpecos 6y agoIt’s not pejorative. Naxals are supporters of the militant political organisation that claims the legacy of the Communist Party of India. In fact, Urban youth are specifically targeted to spread the communist teachings of Mao Zedong. They fund themselves through the Drug Trade, and 40% of funding for the Naxals comes through cultivation and distribution of drugs.
- WillSlim95 6y agoI have been studying reports on terrorism in India informally last 5 years and this comment is woefully inaccurate. Every sentence in this is inaccurate.
- braindead_in 6y agoHow?
- WillSlim95 6y agoWell I will start with the claim that "my every sentence is incorrect" was not completely true. There is some credence to the drug trade one.But the other claims are definitely spurious.Let me start with the most obvious one, Communists in urban areas are generally Marxist-Lenninst followers. They spend their time reading a lot of Das Capital and The Communist Manifesto, Mao's writings are not respected in these circles (Castro and Stalin are respected somehow). Naxals are the followers of Mao, no doubt. But urban communits in general don't think highly of Mao at all. They only think of protesting and disobedience . They may have some overlapping causes. Calling all communists as naxals is lazy and sloppy thinking. Naxalites are a mix of goons and insurgents who loosely care about communist beliefs. They used to be most prevalent in lawless and hinterland areas,nowadays their influence is a lot less. Source :- Briefly dated a communist. Don't care about communism. But believe that if it has to be opposed,understand it. But the fact is the term urban naxals is a meaningless pjeroative used against those who hold opinions different from the current Indian government. It is even used against those who don't believe in communism at all.
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- duxup 6y agoI'm curious to see what happens. Compared to twitter most free "speech platforms" that have existed end up just being extremist McDonald's without much else. I really don't think most people are shopping for "other" ideas, and they're not concerned with free speech... just hearing their own ideas echoed back. Free speech for most folks only comes up when they don't hear an echo, or even just enough of an echo. The level of tolerance for even just hearing other ideas seems ultra low these days.
- mantap 6y agoIndeed, most people are not shopping for other ideas. Most people are too busy with their lives to think too deeply about the world, and are content to simply let the ideas find them. That is the bargain of politics: "give us power and we will tell what to think". For such people, Twitter is entirely sufficient. The design of twitter as a textual broadcasting platform is ideal for a unidirectional transmit/receive of ideas.