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Thanks for highlighting the Neo-Nazi issue. I'd hate to have to leave the convenience of Substack. And the organization that sponsors the distribution of my monthly ARES Urbanexus Update will be inconvenienced. But that is a small price to pay for rooting out the promulgation of hate.

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I feel the same way. I love Substack. Let’s see how they handle this.

If they side with this letter, I fear they’ll get pressure from investors who subscribe to the Techno-optimist manifesto which vaguely states,

“Our enemy is the ivory tower, the know-it-all credentialed expert worldview, indulging in abstract theories, luxury beliefs, social engineering, disconnected from the real world, delusional, unelected, and unaccountable – playing God with everyone else’s lives, with total insulation from the consequences.

Our enemy is speech control and thought control – the increasing use, in plain sight, of George Orwell’s “1984” as an instruction manual.”

It may be Substack leaders also subscribe to this. 🤷‍♂️

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