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the right is unified by *any* hate and conservatism; the preserving of the current state, or sometimes the realization of the state the current majority societal norms tend to require.
look at the past /r/place 's that have ran — everyone is building their own thing and majorities win because of their numbers (the network effect) and a quick establishment of their reality.
we are minorities. many different minorities, inherently ununified by our distinctions. with similar motivations, and perhaps agreeable goals, but at least currently, uncoordinated and alone in clusters, though the internet helps sometimes and it really varies.
@sergia@dair-community.social continuing my little study of /r/place
i've also observed that the big teams always tend to be ran like a military unit, and queerness usually opposes authority, which makes it all the more difficult.
they already have a moral framework and decades of cultural validation built into them from the start. think about how radiatingly excited a black or disabled kid gets when they see someone like them on TV. that's an amazing tiny dose of representation they're being drip fed.