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Third Rail

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The "Third Rail" of USA society year 2024 and year 2025 is Apple iPhone addiction. The third-rail topic of Bluesky Reddit Mastodon is addiction to memes and banal shit-postings. Addiction to Elon Musk / Donald Trump "Shitbird on toilet tweeting bird" content.

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"political suicide" that a person would face by raising certain taboo subjects or having points of view that are either censored, shunned or considered highly controversial or offensive to mention (en.wikipedia.org)
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metaphor in political situations relates to the risk of "political suicide" that a person would face by raising certain taboo subjects or having points of view that are either censored, shunned or considered highly controversial or offensive to advocate or even mention. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_rail_(politics)

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