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Aw, jeez, you're right. I hate discussion and I hate nuance. You got me. That's exactly a really good summary of what I was saying.
Ah, yes, Schroedinger's leftist. "I was just joking! Unless...? Also, BTW, Substack's got a Nazi problem."
But you do take any scepticism of A16Z as an immediate sign that one is a "purity obsessed leftist". This is not reasonable.
OK, so you are saying that I started lying in this thread, I actually believe substack is full of Nazis, but I decided to temporarily back down from this view in order to try and "win" this discussion.
You can agree that substack is not full of Nazis and it's a viable platform, while also recognising that they are an American tech company that received money from a VC firm that is commited to authoritarianism, corruption and criminal schemes.
What's your logic here? I am genuinely curious.
You are ranting against "left orthodoxy on purity", yet you yourself are demanding acceptance of A16Z specifically.