danah boyd explains the connection between the epistemological crisis and the rise of far-right conspiratorial thinking

Not enough of them. As bad as it is when the alt-right jumps on this opportunity to groom a kid, the more long-lasting and destructive effect in the U.S. has been the Libertarian and Objectivist siren song of “mommy can’t tell me what to do!” that’s stuck with some powerful and determined men long past adolescence.

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