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Jan 27Liked by Christopher Cook

we are all they. DEI

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Please elaborate. What do you mean?

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THEM = those haughty evil monsters

A whole while ago one of the cast said "They Live" the film by John Carpenter is a documentary.

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One of our other subscribers says THEY = The Elites Exploiting You.

I have been saying for years that "They Live" is required viewing for a modern education—a perfect allegory for what is really going on.

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I think we should try to shift "elite" to "effete" because they aren't really better than us and effete includes the meaning "no longer effective."

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Yeah, I like to put things like "elites," "overlords," and "betters" in scare quotes.

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"Monarchs were replaced by majorities, aristocrats with administrators, and one ruling elite with another."

Well said. It's natural to idolize, but ultimately harmful.

Great song choice, and a really important message about rejecting the control of the unnamed, omniscient 'they.'

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