How To Do Things With Memes

How To Do Things With Memes

is Zuck cool now?

silicon valley Macronism

Jul 09, 2024
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Like many of us, I have long been fascinated by Mark Zuckerberg. He is one of my favorite recurring characters in the storyline. Zuck’s alignment is true neutral: I don’t think he wants Trump to win the election, but I also don’t think he believes in elections as a concept. 

His core goal is stability and a preservation of at least the aesthetics of the liberal order. Zuck doesn’t want to see the United States replaced by some perverted robot cult, like Elon Musk or Sam Altman. Zuck simply hopes we all get along better in the Metaverse, where as our self-appointed cyber shepherd, he will keep the wolves out, feed each of us our allotment of oats, and never allow anyone to jump the fence.

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But the matter at hand is not politics — it’s about aesthetics. It’s about this culture-shattering July 4th post that I must tell you more about:

Maybe I’m a chud for thinking he looks cool here. …

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