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GamerGate - Those who don't learn history are doomed to repeat it

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I have a historical analogy for you to consider, as this war against 4chan has been reminding me of something I read in Herodotus, a few months ago. Imagine that Silverstring, Gawker, Conde Nast, Vox etc. are the Persian Empire: wealthy, organized, influential, gonna be around for a long time. Now, imagine that the internet is the vast cold wilderness, north of the Black Sea. Now, imagine that 4channers are the Scythians, wandering nomads with no permanent home, misunderstood and often viewed as violent, even cannibalistic, due to a culture that is drastically different from that of the "civilized" people, south of the Black Sea. A long time ago, Cyrus the Great built the Persian Empire from nothing. First he revolted against the king of the Medes, then he subdued Asia Minor and Babylon. Then, he set his sights on the empty wilderness to the north. He marched northeast of Persia, where he met the Massegetae. But he was unprepared, their tactics were so alien to him that his mighty army was routed and, according to Herodotus, the Queen of the Massegatae beheaded Cyrus, personally Now, Darius is king of the Persians. He decides to try where Cyrus failed and subdue the northern wilderness. He gets off to a better start because he crosses the Hellespont and goes through Thrace (the complete opposite of the route that Cyrus took). Now, he is in the heart of Scythia and he has discovered that, unlike the people he is used to controlling, they have no cities. He can't besiege them and starve them out. He can't even find them to fight them. They set up camp and keep watch. When they see Darius coming, they burn down their camp and move somewhere else, gradually leading the Persians deeper into the wilderness, wasting their resources but gaining them no ground. The Persians become hungry and desperate and start eating their own horses. That's when Darius realizes he can't conquer people with no home and decides to retreat. He hires Greeks to guard their escape route: a boat bridge across a river in Thrace That's where we are right now. This PR company that Silverstring hired: they are the Greeks. Now that Silverstring knows they lost, this company will help them escape with minimal damage to themselves. Now, in the story, the Scythians get to the Greeks first and convince most of them to abandon Darius. The ones that don't abandon him: they help him escape, but betray him later leading to a full-on revolt in Asia Minor. Silverstring is compromising their empire by involving this outside party that doesn't share their ideology. They have been significantly weakened by this failed campaign against internet nomads. The only question that remains: who will be our Alexander the Great?

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Too bad Greek history is a hetero-patriarchal society, check your privilege, shitlord.
I only study HERstory.

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