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THOUGHTCRIME Ep. 134 — Batman Goes Shopping? He-Man and the Masters of the Culture War?

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Jack Posobiec makes a pragmatic case for internet anonymity that goes beyond civil libertarianism: the MAGA movement itself would not have existed without anonymous accounts allowing conservatives to express views that would cost them their jobs if attributed. He cites Jordan Peterson's 2017 Joe Rogan appearance praising anons — citing Solzhenitsyn — and Peterson's subsequent reversal during COVID as an example of someone who turned against anonymity because anonymous people picked fights with him online. Blake argues that a truly free, anonymous internet as it existed before 2014 had essentially zero net downsides, and that every curtailment since has been a politically motivated panic attack. Russ pushes back, noting that PRISM already compromised the illusion of anonymity years ago, and that the government likely already maintains databases linking handles to identities. Jack responds that bureaucratic obstacles matter — the fact that it's difficult to surveil people is itself a protection, and removing those hurdles would allow bad actors at companies like Google to weaponize the data far more easily than government.

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