There's an old saying in Schelling—I know it's in Hegel, probably in Schelling—that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as... as... tragedy... the second time as... as... it's funny if it happens again
People who post incessantly about politics don’t represent the population. They represent the least intelligent, least caring subset.
Data: The 2 robust predictors of online political activity are low cognitive ability and high psychopathy.
Don't mistake outliers for the norm.