The problem still remains that these were not the people with social capital. Those who shifted society towards the right didn’t go on 4chan and start raids. They funded outlets like the Daily Wire and Prager University. Even the most loving gay couple, or harmless transgender woman goes up against “normalcy”, i.e. the hegemonic culture that people consider normal. Thus, such a culture will find ways to demonize said gay couple, or trans woman, thru any means possible. If 4chan didn’t exist, they’d find another way.

I know that the stuff written in 4chan was awful, but I think that having it as even a major catalyst for fascism globally is very reductive, and doesn’t explain things like conservatives rejecting the Alt-Right, or Democrats simply siding with the party, or various megacorporations funding mass media like Fox News and PragerU, or think-tanks like the Heritage Foundation. Obama did nothing about it when PragerU showed up in 2015 or so, and Biden did little about hate-speech when he was president, but what he did could be weaponized against anti-fascists. For those saying that he was too old to accomplish this, the rest of the party that was younger made the same liberal mistakes he did, and Trump also had his moments where he was babbling, making Biden inexcusable.

If Hillary got elected in '16, and banned hate speech like in Germany and France, it wouldn’t make much a difference in the big picture because they wouldn’t fix the problems with society that made fascism appealing in the first place, because both parties are funded by housing companies, medical companies that charge insane amounts, car companies, the Military-Industrial Complex, and the Israeli apartheid state. She could certainly amend the constitution to allow her to take down 4chan, or actively police YouTube for anti-semites, but when she runs up against the fuel of fascist dialogue, things break down, and she’d probably be ousted from her own party like Bernie Sanders. This is why Pepsi-Cola actively donated money to Texas Republican lawmakers. The people that actually run fascism are the people who have always ran the economy, them being billionaires like Theil and Yarvin, and when speech breaks down, what remains is class interest. Said interest is not of a parent protecting their children, but of a witch fattening up Hansel and Gretel.

I should’ve been on here instead. I legitimately thought that Anarchists, Communists, &c could make a difference being on there. Now I get people deliberately blocking accounts that aren’t even fascist, and being concerned with “bullying” instead of actually solving real problems. BSky has upper-class liberals talking about D&D, whining about how laws aren’t being followed correctly, cheerleading American imperialism, making unfunny jokes, and claiming that radical politics came from 4chan rather than legitimate political grieviances. All sorts of suburban slime. I really should’ve been elsewhere.

Back when asbestos was banned, everyone trusted the government. Nobody trusts the government anymore because of its constant foreign wars, corrupt candidates, and human rights abuses. We cannot do things like mandate vaccines and ban cars if the very government that would enforce that ban is this tyrannical and shitty.

Trick her into giving you all her money. This seems like prime scam real estate. Get some olive oil, jack up the price, and tell her you’re selling “essential oils”. Or scare her by making her believe you’re God incarnate. Or kill her and take her wallet lmao

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I’d say that the Overton Window is certainly weaponized by the right-wing.

They include the phrase being directed at them within schools or chanted by young boys in classes.

Young boys are following the misogynist Pied Piper and all the parents are just letting it happen. FFS

Eh, you’re welcome here.

I mean, that wouldn’t just solve the climate crisis, that would also get people to talk to each other, help people exercise, cut down on pollution…

It’s a low-quality absurdist post. The joke is that waaaay too many people who aren’t feminists are Nazis, child molesters, unwashed people, etc.

Standard Daily Mail fare here.

The joke is that anti-feminists usually end up being overweight pedophiles and Nazis. I thought the community was for jokes; is there some hidden rule that wasn’t shown?

Immeasurably great reporting. This was painful to yet, but a blessing to know.

Thanks for clearing the misconception. Are there any books on this you’d recommend?

What the hell will take their place? Another Soviet Union?

People have gotten sick and tired of r/pics having loads of political content, and while some candidates are better than others, many people are sick and tired of seeing “orange man bad” yet again. The people who were supposed to be propaganda targets immediately knew this was propaganda and the rampant election posts didn’t make Harris more popular. If this plan is enacted, people will see the astroturfing straightaway, and more people will see Trump supporters as bothersome cultists than as freedom fighters. It doesn’t help that, if pro-Trump people can brigade the sub, so can anti-Trump people, and the whole debacle will just get shut down.

This is just sad. How will this not get people sick and tired of it?

Lemmy is not malfunctioning like Reddit is. It is not reliant on a dogshit mobile app that constantly breaks down; it is not overrun by reposts; it has no excessive advertisements. And there is far less manufactured outrage and misinterpreted socialism on Lemmy. And that’s not even getting into the fact that is is an app. Hooooooooly shit, I just hate apps on a smartphone as a maxim. That tiny fucking phone screen makes writing comprehensively, and citing sources, like trying to stack d10s using woolen gloves. It has all sorts of trinkets and rewards for browsing the damn app too (I suppose the admins know they have to goad you in), and any third-party apps trying to solve these problems were left without support. “No better” my fucking ass.

And the reason things are so bleak is because most people only have words to go off of, rather than actions.