Molly WhiteJan 8, 2025

As I wrote last week: "As other information sources fall, Wikipedia’s stubborn independence becomes more vital than ever. The attacks from [the right] aren't just about an online encyclopedia — they're part of a broader assault on any information source that refuses to be controlled."

https://forward.com/news/686797/heritage-foundation-wikipedia-antisemitism/

#Wikipedia

Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors

The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism.

The Forward
Show threadGoiterzan/Amygdalai LamaJan 8, 2025
@molly0xfff
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somebody explain to me like I'm five why somebody thinks the world ought to be full of people that don't fucking know what's going on and who decided that people don't have a right to fuckin' reality
Show threadPteryx the Puzzle Secretary
@punishmenthurts @molly0xfff
Because people who don't know what's going on will believe anything they're told, and thus be easy to control.
Jan 8, 2025 at 9:19pmWeb
Show threadGoiterzan/Amygdalai LamaJan 8, 2025
@pteryx @molly0xfff
@DrHyde
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I’m supposed to understand now?
Because that’s perfectly normal
and acceptable, trying to control everybody?
Show threadPteryx the Puzzle SecretaryJan 8, 2025

@punishmenthurts @molly0xfff @DrHyde
It's the basic impulse that many people who desire power are following. Not everyone is so horrid as to both have that impulse and fail to recognize it as a bad one and suppress it, but some are that horrid. Some actually justify the impulse by investing or adopting some reason why they're allegedly superior to everyone else.

Positions of power tend to attract people who want to control others and see no problem with that.

Show threadGoiterzan/Amygdalai LamaJan 8, 2025
@pteryx @molly0xfff @DrHyde
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yeah.
And the rest of us let them, though. 😈