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I think that’s probably overthinking it. I think most of these accounts are just chasing engagement, and they’ve figured out a solid formula: post something really stupid (the tweets by statue PFPs inevitably contain basic factual mistakes), get QRT’d by people dunking on how stupid it was, boom: instant viral spread and engagement. It’s the utterly standard griefer playbook that’s been on forums since the internet began, just with new contemporary culture war material.



It's more than just twitter users, a friend sent me this for example:

https://intellectualtakeout.org/2016/04/are-we-the-last-men/

Which is part of Charlemagne Institute

https://charlemagneinstitute.org/intellectual-takeout/

Which is Koch Brothers backed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockford_Institute




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