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Then the big parks, which are beautiful and well maintained. Great for bivouacking large numbers of troops. I bet that’s another plan. In the Second World War, Hyde Park was used to grow vegetables.
Imagining the First Global Simulation War
interconnected.org
More recently, researchers have found that the viral outrage disseminated on social media in response to these ridiculous claims actually [reduces the effectiveness of collective action](https://par.nsf.gov/servlets/purl/10095997?ref=404media.co). The result is a media environment that keeps us in a state of debilitating fear and anger, endlessly reacting to our oppressors instead of organizing against them.
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
404 Media
At least art goes for the long game, you know? Poems are many things, and often lousy, but they are not meant to be disposable, nor do they require a particular operating system to work.
To Own the Future, Read Shakespeare
Paul Ford
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