Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

They used to make a special kind of “illuminating gas” that burned especially brightly, but after the invention of the gas mantle it was possible to do gaslighting with a more plentiful easier-to-make gas. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 23, 2019 Hibernated

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It turns out that natural gas production and distribution is a much newer technology than I realized, and gaslights used a different kind of gas that was manufactured from coal. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 23, 2019 Hibernated

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Only densely populated areas could support the infrastructure needed for gaslighting, so in more rural settings people relied on kerosene lamps and before that on whale oil. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 23, 2019 Hibernated