Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
The shortest, but not clearest, version of the question I’m thinking about these days: Can a public be forked? I can’t think of a single strong example. One branch always has an “alt” vibe and is acutely conscious of it.
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zico
@zico
counter culture?
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kristen (kpaxle)
@kristen
what is a public? evolution from hunter/gatherer to agrarian society seems like a fork, a distinct change in the culture tide
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timbeiko.eth
@tim
Successful social fork makes the non-forkers look like the “alt”.
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Patrick Atwater
@patwater
Is the traditional constraint one public per geography? 🤔
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Patrick Atwater
@patwater
Byzantine and Germanic tribal / Charlemagne / Holy Roman Empire Both claimed the mantle of Caesar Also the pope and then also the tzars did too
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Brenner
@brenner.eth
Which sects of Christianity are the the alts? Catholicism seems big but not an “alt”
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Paul Millerd
@pmillerd
KMT forking to Taiwan perhaps
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Qualia
@qualia
The Saudi’s sort of forked tribal culture in Arabia in order to create their more urban, wahabi, government. People often prefer to handle legal disputes within tribes instead of the main gov’t. In recent times MBS has more aggressively done forced culture conversion though
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Aleph 🎩 ↑
@aleph
Judaism and Christianity? Would you consider the US a fork of the British Empire?
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johan
@j0
seems like controversies often lead to forked publics -- depp vs. heard supporters, etc. where an 'alt' branch isn't obvious because a mainline position isn't settled
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