{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "2016", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/153011664513/", "html": "<pre>Elite: okay, this vote is *nominally* about whether to do the thing, but *really* it's about affirming our identity as a society that's developed to the point it would *never* do the thing\nVoter: I dunno, I kinda want to do the thing\nElite: yeah I *know*, it *seems* appealing, but that's exactly what we\u2014\nThat One Guy: DO THE THING! DO THE THING!\nVoter: guy's got a point.\nElite: no but look, *that* guy\u2026 look, here's *all* the experts on thingdoing and they're unanimous that\u2026\nElite: (sigh)\nElite: you did the thing, didn't you?\nVoter: I did the thing!\nThat One Guy: HE DID THE THING\nElite: he did the thing.</pre>"}