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Mike Benz

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Morning Wire

Suspected Killer’s Infamy & GEC’s Likely Demise | 12.12.24

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They were afraid that social media, rising all these right-wing populist parties to power, would effectively collapse the entire rules-based international order unless there was international censorship. Because Brexit would give rise to Frexit if Marine Le Pen won, and she was massively overpowered on social media versus Macron.

Morning Wire

Suspected Killer’s Infamy & GEC’s Likely Demise | 12.12.24

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If, you know, as I mentioned, Italy, Germany, there was going to be not just Brexit, there was going to be Frexit, Spexit, Italegxit, Grexit, Grexit.

Morning Wire

Suspected Killer’s Infamy & GEC’s Likely Demise | 12.12.24

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So the entire EU would come undone, which would mean all of NATO would come undone, which would mean there's no enforcement arm for the IMF or the World Bank or international creditors, which would mean it would be like the ending scene of Fight Club, where the credit card company buildings all collapse just because you're allowed to post on the Internet.

Morning Wire

Suspected Killer’s Infamy & GEC’s Likely Demise | 12.12.24

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And they talked about that quite openly in 2017 as they were creating this whole censorship infrastructure.