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Ian Simbotin's avatar

I hope I'm not gonna jinx it just by dropping a comment here, but it looks like the far right will come up short, according to preliminary exit polls... But, even if they lose this election, the extreme right isn't going anywhere... it's here to stay.

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"George Simion: Stop the Steal"

Trump redux. We all saw how that ended in the US.

"No, you read that right - Alexandr Dugin is on Substack."

I guess this shouldn't come as a surprise. Unfortunately Substack isn't necessarily the pro-democracy platform that many expect/hope it to be. And Dugin is in "good" company here along with the likes of Curtis Yarvin, who provides the philosophical foundation for the current dismantlement of the US Federal government and implementation of white nationalist and segregationist (read: racist and apartheid) policies and agenda. Since 2023 Substack has been under the spotlight for hosting paid newsletters that promoted Nazi ideology and symbols explicitly, so nothing new here.

So careful with Substack:

https://america2.news/the-substack-dilemma-how-creators-are-inadvertently-fueling-americas-failure/ ("The Substack Dilemma: How Creators Are Inadvertently Fueling America's Failure")

It is owned and financed by some of the same major Tech forces that are currently involved in overthrowing the constitutional order in the US. Marc Andreessen is a major investor in Substack, and is also a major Musk ally, recruiting staff for DOGE. Like Twitter, Substack is an integral part of the plan promoted by the likes of Balaji Srinivasan and Peter Thiel for setting up 'Network States' as a replacement for democratic governance. So no one should be surprised when Substack takes a turn for the Facebook or Twitter. Those who try to build audiences on Substack risk being deplatformed at some point without notice (with all the disruption that that entails).

For a primer on the Tech Fascists' plan for replacing democratic government with 'Network States' see this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCj_q8tw-mI ("Trump's 'Freedom Cities'? A Tech Blueprint to Dismantle the USA")

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