Recently got some John Ringo books at a yard sale and was wanting some ideas for other Military Sci Fi book series.
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Knowing what we know about the internet and reddit/4Chan , card's predictions of geniuses using the internet forums to manufacture consensus and gather supporters then become galactic politicians by arguing with their own sock puppet is so cringe in hindsight. Not that he's wrong about the astroturfing, but how effective it is to pursuade people by arguing on the internet.
Wait, so he was right but the truth is "cringe"? I don't think you're using that correctly.
I meant the part about how they'd gain influence by acting like reddit philosophers with facts and logic is cringe, nobody gives a shit about some anonymous internet autists arguments even if they are logically sound and factually correct, it's all just piss in the wind.
I don't think you're remembering the book correctly. It wasn't facts and logic, it was demagoguery. They were exposed rather quickly, and only really gained influence later.
Yeah you're right, it's been almost 20 years since I read it