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What can the Reformation tell us about Twitter, Martin Luther, Elon Musk and Vladimir Putin?

The David McWilliams Podcast

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The Network Is the Strength of the Reformation

The reformation was based on sort of internet threads, except they were in pamphlets. And because pamphlets very little to produce, ye the cost of production went down. At the core of the network was martin luther. He created influences all around germany who would amplify his message. The church responded by writing books rather than by actually attacking them in the pamphlet,. write, caus they sawall we'll have to go through the archbishop or the monks and all this. They completely transformed the notion of power.

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