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> which normally deflects criticism towards individual failings, external enemies, or surrogate political effigies

And next to that is the ever-profitable imperialist/capitalist/inherently-racist pigs content.

> the first time that a mirror was held up to US politics from a global perspective, where the masses could get a less fitered and channeled understanding of how they are seen by the world

This was happening simultaneously on other tech platforms. Moderation varied. But I think a lot of people are mixing up the tail and the dog in terms of which way causation flowed.