My heart aches while reading this post because it reinforces the dark cynicism I'm fighting these days. When I read classic works of the past and compare them to the garbage published today, a little part of me dies every day. I had high hopes for SubStack in the beginning, but I see the trends you are describing in this post. The entire publishing industry has been completely captured by the WOKE, DEI, CRT, and socialists factions controlling our universities, government (deep state) institutions, Hollywood, the media, and much of corporate America. It starts in elementary school and continues through the overpriced universities (public & private). What you are describing is the unfortunate results of our failure to teach kids to think. They grew up to become shallow adults that can't think for themselves. We are swimming in a sea of ideologues and activists that can't carry on a civilized conversation. It has been happening for over 50 years and now the harvest is in full bloom. No wonder GenZ resents Boomers, we supervised this catastrophe. Now it's out of control.
Same. My heart aches over all of this. Everything I write comes from my heart and my soul. That was my point in the other post: education is the key. We didn't get here overnight, and we won't get out of it overnight either.
“Substack originally positioned itself as a platform that would liberate writers from institutional power. But now the very institutions writers were trying to escape have simply moved in through the back door.”
Truer words have not been spoken. I was an early reader and had such high hopes. Now, Substack has become the “Mini-Me” of X. Sad.
The timing is wild—I see you’re dissecting Mamdani’s 'inorganic' growth on Substack while I’m dissecting his 'organic' coalition shift in NYC.
You nailed the mechanism of how politicians rig the platform (database dumping). My piece explains the other side of the coin: how they are starting to rig the electorate by weaponizing debt relief against the culture war.
I think we are looking at two different gears of the same machine. I’d love for you to audit my 'Vertical War' thesis. Tell me if you think my analysis of the populist 'glitch' holds up against your pattern recognition.
My heart aches while reading this post because it reinforces the dark cynicism I'm fighting these days. When I read classic works of the past and compare them to the garbage published today, a little part of me dies every day. I had high hopes for SubStack in the beginning, but I see the trends you are describing in this post. The entire publishing industry has been completely captured by the WOKE, DEI, CRT, and socialists factions controlling our universities, government (deep state) institutions, Hollywood, the media, and much of corporate America. It starts in elementary school and continues through the overpriced universities (public & private). What you are describing is the unfortunate results of our failure to teach kids to think. They grew up to become shallow adults that can't think for themselves. We are swimming in a sea of ideologues and activists that can't carry on a civilized conversation. It has been happening for over 50 years and now the harvest is in full bloom. No wonder GenZ resents Boomers, we supervised this catastrophe. Now it's out of control.
Same. My heart aches over all of this. Everything I write comes from my heart and my soul. That was my point in the other post: education is the key. We didn't get here overnight, and we won't get out of it overnight either.
“Substack originally positioned itself as a platform that would liberate writers from institutional power. But now the very institutions writers were trying to escape have simply moved in through the back door.”
Truer words have not been spoken. I was an early reader and had such high hopes. Now, Substack has become the “Mini-Me” of X. Sad.
Thanks. It is sad. I chose Substack initially as a personal blog that wasn't focused on politics. It seemed so perfect at the time.
The timing is wild—I see you’re dissecting Mamdani’s 'inorganic' growth on Substack while I’m dissecting his 'organic' coalition shift in NYC.
You nailed the mechanism of how politicians rig the platform (database dumping). My piece explains the other side of the coin: how they are starting to rig the electorate by weaponizing debt relief against the culture war.
I think we are looking at two different gears of the same machine. I’d love for you to audit my 'Vertical War' thesis. Tell me if you think my analysis of the populist 'glitch' holds up against your pattern recognition.
Will do!
I wonder if this has anything to do with the ability to import mailing lists, now that I think about it.