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How I Stopped Worrying About Tyranny And Started Laughing At Tweets About The "Mugshot"; Black Humor Saves America From Democrat Despots

Working Theory: America Is un-Killable

Celia Farber
Aug 25, 2023

“It will all be OK in the end.

If it’s not OK, it’s not the end.”

(Fridge magnet I once had)

Have you ever been worried stiff about the imminent death of America, only to get on social media, find yourself laughing, and realizing…what you’re laughing at feels so much like the “country” you are so sure is “dying.”

You were ready to truly give up all hope. I’m guilty of this—

But then you kind of… wait till the next day and go— nah.

We have a saving grace in this country: We perform, create, and interpret, all the time—way faster than tyrants can tyrannize. We find the punchline.

What I now think will save us, is saving us right now, is our sense of the absurd, the ridiculous and above all, the hilarious.

Art is a big word. We’re a performative culture, not a pious one. If we’re “great,” surely it’s because of the music that happened here—and the comedy. And all kinds of things. It’s not because we drive big cars. It’s because we’re a teenager who refuses to be serious.

Continues - has lots of links to relevant tweets:

https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/how-i-stopped-worrying-about-despotism?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=257742&post_id=136420158&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

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