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June 2026 1 note

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Legitimisation, amplification, and the structure of permission

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Laurens Hof analyzes how the UK government selectively enforces its monopoly on legitimizing violence—cracking down on Palestine Action supporters while ignoring Elon Musk’s amplification of far-right riots. He argues that the "amplification layer" of social media creates a structure of permission that favors established power, and that decentralized networks could make this dynamic even harder to challenge.

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