I have a sockpuppet X account that does nothing but serve as a backup in case I get banned again. I don't follow people on it, nor do I post or comment. I just use it to observe.
What I observe has taught me some things.
First, it has taught me that no matter how bad the political Right is- and they are bad- the political Left is orders of magnitude worse.
Since I don't interact, I get a good sampling of posts and comments from all ideologies on that account; my "for you" is almost entirely Leftist posts. The Left is far and away the worst people among a nasty crowd.
They can't talk about something important without lying. Even if I'm inclined to agree with them in principle, they ruin it by lying. They threaten anyone who dares to disagree with them. They are far more aggressive, on average, than the Right. They are ruder than the Right.
Sure, there are exceptions, and this is my subjective observation based on what I end up being fed by the mysterious algorithm.
Again, the Right are often wrong, but they generally seem to be nicer people than those on the Left- until you figure in their cop/military worship. Better adjusted, less angry, and less crazy. I kind of wish it weren't so, because I want to side with the Left when they point out ways in which the Right is wrong. And, I still do, but it feels icky when I see what kind of people they are beyond that one dimension. Sure, it sometimes feels the same way to side with the Right when they point out how wrong the Left is. Neither side seems able to see beyond their politics into what's true and right.
It's simpler if I can just see them all as statists who hate/fear liberty. Which they are. But it's also delusional to not notice the differences, subtle and overt.
It has also taught me how much of a bubble my real X account is in. I'm protected from many of the most toxic statist "opinions" by who I follow and who I choose to interact with. This makes it more enjoyable, but it gives me a false sense of the world. Just a quick visit to the silent account breaks the illusion.
Toss a pile of doubloons my way.
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