For whatever reason I read that entire (pretty long) "Rise of MAGA Communism" essay linked under the Sameera Khan header and its ultimate conclusion of "as a movement, we must infiltrate and convert MAGA - a true prole movement and viable vanguard that hovers in three-dimensional space outside of traditional chartings of leftist and rightist thought - into a communist accelerationist project" still took me by surprise. I feel like I got the wind knocked out of me.
Reading a 4,000-word Substack called "Rise of MAGA Communism" should only be attempted by professionals, after medical consultation and sufficient training.
I was hoping for a really in-depth article of all the main characters - like a reader on weird Twitter characters that would evolve over time so I can thoroughly enjoy remembering Aimee Therese in two years when I hope I have not heard about her for maybe two years. I understand time constraints etc etc but please consider evolving this over time? Like when I am trying to remember a guy from something awful in 2004 this could be the place I go to look it up
It would be nice to have a non-toxic Encyclopedia Dramatica, I agree! Hard to keep up with everything, but I would like Read Max to have more reference material, in keeping with the newsletter's overall schtick as "equities analyst for the discourse" -- definitely something to keep in mind.
That was exactly my thought! Keeping track of the shining stars of main-dom would probably take a full time employee or more but occasional roundups is useful when you try to tie together strange bedfellows.
For whatever reason I read that entire (pretty long) "Rise of MAGA Communism" essay linked under the Sameera Khan header and its ultimate conclusion of "as a movement, we must infiltrate and convert MAGA - a true prole movement and viable vanguard that hovers in three-dimensional space outside of traditional chartings of leftist and rightist thought - into a communist accelerationist project" still took me by surprise. I feel like I got the wind knocked out of me.
Reading a 4,000-word Substack called "Rise of MAGA Communism" should only be attempted by professionals, after medical consultation and sufficient training.
What will be 2023's shirts that go hard?
Now this is the real question
I was hoping for a really in-depth article of all the main characters - like a reader on weird Twitter characters that would evolve over time so I can thoroughly enjoy remembering Aimee Therese in two years when I hope I have not heard about her for maybe two years. I understand time constraints etc etc but please consider evolving this over time? Like when I am trying to remember a guy from something awful in 2004 this could be the place I go to look it up
It would be nice to have a non-toxic Encyclopedia Dramatica, I agree! Hard to keep up with everything, but I would like Read Max to have more reference material, in keeping with the newsletter's overall schtick as "equities analyst for the discourse" -- definitely something to keep in mind.
That was exactly my thought! Keeping track of the shining stars of main-dom would probably take a full time employee or more but occasional roundups is useful when you try to tie together strange bedfellows.
"building reputations among gawkers" don't open our old wounds, Max
Based on nothing but my own vibes-based model, I believe Catturd is Peter Thiel.
I wouldn't bet on that Catturd2 guy. If we're gonna have a top twitter influencer/podcaster at least bring me Catturd1 you know
It’s like staring with Pliny the Younger - why are we already at the sequel
Read Max in his sophisticated, multi-million dollar command center, sifting through data with proprietary vibes-based models:
https://i.imgur.com/f99o2SL.png
[Elon Musk on Twitter voice] Precisely
Unfortunately it appears Lex does have some affiliation with MIT:
https://www.mit.edu/directory/?id=lexfridman&d=mit.edu
So many people i respect speak of him like the 2nd coming of podcast Jesus and I can’t decide if he’s Lennie Small or r/im14andthisisdeep
Yes! I've updated the post to correct this -- it's not as though MIT wouldn't employ a dullard podcaster, obviously
If they weren't breakout characters before, they will be now.
Welcome back King!
Welcome back King!