rant · moment 21 of 24
De-Platformed Dad and the Peasants Who'd Listen to the King
from #237 - Buy The Dip | The Tim Dillon Show · #237
5 min
A long bit imagining families 'de-platforming' each other, then extending into a medieval analogy about peasants who'd eagerly listen to the king and queen plan their exploitation, tying back to how impressed he is by Clubhouse people's ability to articulate the coming shackles.
- Kids de-platforming their father at the dinner table for giving unwanted advice about weight loss.
- Tim on the cognitive dissonance of successful entrepreneurs who must also be altruistic and focused on ending racism and cruelty.
- Preventing someone from being called 'stumpy' is prioritized over actually getting them a knee operation they need.
- Everyone's been lovely to someone dying of cancer who shaved their head, which is somehow more important than the cancer itself.
- We've created a fake hybrid world through technology that makes us feel like good people while all our real problems get worse every day.
- The internet offers safety where nobody will be mean to you or say the wrong thing, as long as you say what they want you to say.
- You're not dealing with one group of nefarious elites—you're dealing with many different cartels of people who all want you, dad.
- If peasants could hear the king—if they knew what the lord planned to do to them tomorrow—they would listen and even like him.
- Even though the king and queen are killing and destroying the peasants, the peasants would sit at the tavern impressed by how well they articulate the shackles they'll live in.
- Tim is impressed by their ability to clearly articulate the shackles people will be forced to live in for the rest of their days.