Here the full @pluralistic essay on the demise of Vice. https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/24/anti-posse/#when-you-absolutely-positively-dont-give-a-solitary-single-fuck
@aburtch @pluralistic
“media success story. It was founded by a motley clique of hipsters, one of whom – founder of the Proud Boys – has since grown to be one of the world's great fascism influencers. Another perfected the art of getting young people to work "for exposure" even as he built a massive, highly lucrative media empire on their free labor:”
I have always hated Vice and all it produced without even knowing this. It glorified evil. Gave it a platform.