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    Plato’s Cave is the original neckbeard superiority argument; “In this moment I am enlightened because I imagine more than I see, everyone else is a sheep stuck in the dark unable to comprehend what my philosophers intellect can.”

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      Plato’s Cave is the original neckbeard superiority argument

      “One of the most renowned metaphors in Western history reminds me of the voices from an app on my phone, which means that I’m smarter than Plato, actually”

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave

      Basically if we lived our whole lives being shown a faked image of reality, would we ever question if more existed beyond what we see and if shown the truth, would we accept it?

      They’re applying this to chat, which I assume is in reference to Twitch chat or streamers in general, and I guess saying people are dumbing themselves down with media consumption instead of seeking understanding of reality? idk.

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      People in the bottom left are in an ancient version of the Matrix using fires and shadows