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The bit about jamming up democratic representation by creating living copies of individuals that have a particularly-useful mindset to those who want to jam up
by shadowgovt 2y ago
The bit about jamming up democratic representation by creating living copies of individuals that have a particularly-useful mindset to those who want to jam up the system is the part that stuck out to me. Fortunately, I don't think it really has an analogue in the modern day (other than, perhaps, "when you have the capacity to craft culture, the culture you craft around you will become self-reinforcing").
- sangnoir 2y ago> Fortunately, I don't think it really has an analogue in the modern day How about conglomerates having defense contractor and mass media/news subsidiaries? An on-the-nose author may write a newscaster who says that they were "brought to tears by the beauty of the war machines" on air, or some such.