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I would like to see the linearally extrapolated third picture in this series
Rightwing propagandists do this constantly, because it works. By saying all the things about “the liberals” that they know the liberals are going to say about them, it just sounds to anyone not paying attention that “both sides” are calling each other the same things. Drowning out the signal with noise.
And by ensuring they are the ones to say those things first and loudest, the fascist side gets to control the narrative, and even make it look like it’s the other side doing a “No, U!”
This is actually one of the most interesting and entertaining timelines.
There was only supposed to be enough source data to make it to 2012- and that was originally a very generous buffer, since a fraction of a percent of Earths last more than 10 years after both networked computers and nuclear weapons have been invented in-simulation.
So, the operators decided not to pull the plug and just let this one run its course.
As it extrapolates history farther and farther outside of the initial parameters, the simulator is cannibalizing itself with feedback and undergoing model collapse.