Die Lektion der Midterms: Mit Shitposts ist keine Wahl zu Gewinnen

Matthew Gault hat drüben bei 404 Media eine fantastische Analyse über die Rolle der Twitterblase im Vorherrschaftsempfinden der US-amerikanischen Rechten geschrieben. „It turns out you can’t post Malfoids and Anakin when diesel is $6 a gallon and expect America to vote for you.“Many right-wing personalities went into Tuesday somehow expecting to win despite a disastrous war, a disastrous economy, disastrous polls, and a doddering president whose closing argument seemed to be more about his ballrooms, golf courses, and the Reflecting Pool than anything else. Since Trump was re-elected, these same people have called everyone else out of touch, convinced by their X algorithm and prediction markets that no blue wave would materialize. The media has similarly spent many thousands of words suggesting that Bluesky is an out-of-touch leftist echo chamber while mostly failing to suggest anything of the sort about the AI-pilled Silicon Valley executives, bots, and racists shitposting on X.…

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