Post #1407705

2026-04-15 09:11 UTC

Very, very little challenges my practice in this life so much as the concept and existence of “influencers.” I find myself, often enough, thinking objectively vile thoughts like “All influencers should die,” and very nearly giving voice to those thoughts. I think it’s worth thinking about what torques me so much about other people’s choices, when those choices are manifestly their own business. But it’s also true that I have to live in the world woven of many such choices, and I don’t particularly like it.

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@Talia@mstdn.social 2026-04-15 09:12

@adamgreenfield not disagreeing with you, but note that this is a difficult / complicated position for a self-described anarchist to take.

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@cyberlyra@hachyderm.io 2026-04-15 10:22

@adamgreenfield i confess i too find this whole conceptual universe, its associated life choices and imposition on the world utterly bankrupt and distateful.

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@JMMaok@mastodon.online 2026-04-15 11:05

@adamgreenfield I find myself reflecting that in a way it is giving a name to something that has always existed. Going back decades, beauty contests had a spokesmodel portion. Some athletes and actors were given that role. Who became pundits and talk show hosts? Etc. Seeing it stripped down to its raw essence is jarring, though. But I find it helpful to go back and view Johnny Carson and Jay Leno through that lens,

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@AGreenCup@zirk.us 2026-04-15 11:20

@adamgreenfield They’re essentially the vaccine skeptics of culture, making the world a less hospitable and thoughtful place which is worse for everyone. Hard tension between honoring autonomy absolutely and preventing harm done by the people hell bent on creating a worse world since no one’s actions are ever really just their own.

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