Jan 17, 2021·1 reply
JaeRellI don't think the corporate oligarchs that really run this country would let a literal fascist takeover with far right/neo-nazi ideology take place. They'll turn this b**** into China (in regards to censorship) before that happens.
Far-right ideology in America makes so much money and benefits politicians... that corporations are willing to let s*** slide, fester, grow and politicians pander and use that base for votes.
It also doesn't help that neoliberalism and neoconservatism doesn't help but make conditions ripe for this type of ideology to rise.
Anything is possible, but what I mostly see are death throes of an archaic way of thinking.
I dont understand what this even means
Their fine with the far right growing, but they dont want it to takeover?
how does far right ideology make money & benefit politicians? where is the money to be made?
- Jan 17, 2021·2 repliesThe Young Blizzard
I dont understand what this even means
Their fine with the far right growing, but they dont want it to takeover?
how does far right ideology make money & benefit politicians? where is the money to be made?
I'm saying they aren't fine with it growing out of control, which is what we saw come to fruition with the events at The Capitol. There becomes a breaking point. They aren't fine with it disrupting or coming close to disrupting the status quo.
And far right ideology makes tons of money on the internet and in media. Right wing political commentators and websites generate tons of traffic and money. Many politicians will pander to these groups for votes but never go "full blown neo-nazi fascist" but will resort to dog whistle language and talking points that speak to the crazy far right types.
- Jan 17, 2021JaeRell
I'm saying they aren't fine with it growing out of control, which is what we saw come to fruition with the events at The Capitol. There becomes a breaking point. They aren't fine with it disrupting or coming close to disrupting the status quo.
And far right ideology makes tons of money on the internet and in media. Right wing political commentators and websites generate tons of traffic and money. Many politicians will pander to these groups for votes but never go "full blown neo-nazi fascist" but will resort to dog whistle language and talking points that speak to the crazy far right types.
so there not actually making money, its just there merchandise and ad revenue that is making money
- Jan 17, 2021·1 replyJaeRell
I'm saying they aren't fine with it growing out of control, which is what we saw come to fruition with the events at The Capitol. There becomes a breaking point. They aren't fine with it disrupting or coming close to disrupting the status quo.
And far right ideology makes tons of money on the internet and in media. Right wing political commentators and websites generate tons of traffic and money. Many politicians will pander to these groups for votes but never go "full blown neo-nazi fascist" but will resort to dog whistle language and talking points that speak to the crazy far right types.
How do we stop these politicians from doing dog whistles and appealing to them?
- Jan 17, 2021·1 replyThe Young Blizzard
How do we stop these politicians from doing dog whistles and appealing to them?
You can't. You just have to create a society where that type of s*** doesn't work. How we get there will vary in opinion. Obviously the higher ups seem to have chosen to try crush the spread of dangerous far-right ideology via targeted censorship. How effective will this be in regards to the future? Who knows...
- Jan 17, 2021·1 replyJaeRell
You can't. You just have to create a society where that type of s*** doesn't work. How we get there will vary in opinion. Obviously the higher ups seem to have chosen to try crush the spread of dangerous far-right ideology via targeted censorship. How effective will this be in regards to the future? Who knows...
well f*** man i guess we should just leave America
Jan 17, 2021Woody Guthrie always kept it 💯
- Jan 17, 2021·editedYuzzy
Tech companies are to blame, not for banning conservatives, but for allowing people to be taken into cults of personality, and to perpetuate alternate realities. These boomers are roaming the internet looking for pro trump material, they don't know a thing about fact checking, or rather just choose not to
More like social media has exposed people’s repressed fascism
- Jan 18, 2021·1 replyThe Young Blizzard
well f*** man i guess we should just leave America
america has so many issues a country built on the blood of natives by white supremacists.
like people have mentioned in this thread the issue of social media isn't being taken seriously enough imagine how things will be in ten years time with better tech fake tweets will be a thing for the history books when extremists can create 8K deepfakes on their phones.
i think things are going to get worse before they get better, sadly.
- Jan 18, 2021·1 replyDrogon
america has so many issues a country built on the blood of natives by white supremacists.
like people have mentioned in this thread the issue of social media isn't being taken seriously enough imagine how things will be in ten years time with better tech fake tweets will be a thing for the history books when extremists can create 8K deepfakes on their phones.
i think things are going to get worse before they get better, sadly.
I mean big tech censorship will be a thing, why do you think they banned Trump? The dems won the Senate majority so they will be leading there investigations
- Jan 18, 2021·1 replyThe Young Blizzard
I mean big tech censorship will be a thing, why do you think they banned Trump? The dems won the Senate majority so they will be leading there investigations
Trump ain't got no more power and will fall into irrelevancy without a platform
- Jan 18, 2021Drogon
Trump ain't got no more power and will fall into irrelevancy without a platform
Trumpism is not dead no sir
The Freedom Cacus, MTG, Boebert, Hawley & Cruz will carry the torch is only going to get worse
Jan 18, 2021·2 repliesthere are far more things to be worried about governmentally in the near future then a bunch of twitter addicted white nationalists with no real bearing on corporate or government policy and mentally ill boomers who think trump is jesus and posts on 4chan are prophetic revelations, believe me
- Jan 18, 2021·1 replykrishna bound
there are far more things to be worried about governmentally in the near future then a bunch of twitter addicted white nationalists with no real bearing on corporate or government policy and mentally ill boomers who think trump is jesus and posts on 4chan are prophetic revelations, believe me
Have you seen MTG & Boebert, they are grifters that will do anything they can to destroy democracy
- Jan 18, 2021The Young Blizzard
Have you seen MTG & Boebert, they are grifters that will do anything they can to destroy democracy
the US hasn't been a democracy for decades, and I don't mean that in the typical way the phrase is thrown around.
yes i realize things are extra scary now on a civilian level and accelerated societally which is very discomforting but these types of people play very little role in that; at the end of the day as you said yourself these people are grifters.
this largely isn't an issue which can be solved politically and the current direction over the past few decades in which it's been attempted to mitigate these issues with has empirically made everything worse and its only going to get worse so long as that trajectory continues. 
Jan 18, 2021@op We don't have to live in fear.
Be cautious but not afraid.
And pay attention.
that's all we can do
- Jan 18, 2021·1 reply
I feel u though OP best we can do is stay informed, but not over-informed on every bad thing that happened in one day at once to where we feel like its the end lol
Gotta focus on what has to be done immediately to help people
i.e. healthcare, stimulus checks - Jan 18, 2021·1 replyrnb sponge
I feel u though OP best we can do is stay informed, but not over-informed on every bad thing that happened in one day at once to where we feel like its the end lol
Gotta focus on what has to be done immediately to help people
i.e. healthcare, stimulus checksNo we need to give DC statehood and pass the john Lewis voting rights acts and eliminate the electoral college and pack the courts to 13 and overturn Citizens united we need to fight the monopolies and bring taxes back to 70% over 10 million
- Jan 18, 2021·1 replyThe Young Blizzard
No we need to give DC statehood and pass the john Lewis voting rights acts and eliminate the electoral college and pack the courts to 13 and overturn Citizens united we need to fight the monopolies and bring taxes back to 70% over 10 million
See u got the extendo I fw u (pause)
- Jan 18, 2021rnb sponge
See u got the extendo I fw u (pause)
but honeslty ii feel like america is a failed state i hate this goddamn excuse of a country
Jan 18, 2021CLB Fractionsghengis khan out now. ottoman empire out now. abbassad empire out now. persian empire out now. keep the same energy 😌
Jan 18, 2021·1 replykrishna boundthere are far more things to be worried about governmentally in the near future then a bunch of twitter addicted white nationalists with no real bearing on corporate or government policy and mentally ill boomers who think trump is jesus and posts on 4chan are prophetic revelations, believe me
Like what then?
- Jan 18, 2021·2 repliesBnBallinToo
Like what then?
Increased corporate control of literally everything, extreme cultural nihilism and overall cultural self-destruction, increasingly balkanized US sociocultural identities with no mitigation, further corruption of the elite/leadership socioeconomic class with 0 consequences, austerity politics shielded by meaningless illusory social politics that cloud out crushing debt corporate overreach and insane d*** crises, complete institutional homogenization across sectors, slow but steady breach on civil liberties over multiple decades which is only increasing, environmental disasters, corporate adoption of hollow social politics which is actively cheered on by misguided people incorrectly, slow creep of the power and influence of banks and the financial sector, flailing economic market propped up by absolute bs which doesn't actually reflect real economic conditions,
i can keep going. Many of these things are not simply political in nature but cultural or systematic and have lineages going back years if not decades. - Jan 18, 2021krishna bound
Increased corporate control of literally everything, extreme cultural nihilism and overall cultural self-destruction, increasingly balkanized US sociocultural identities with no mitigation, further corruption of the elite/leadership socioeconomic class with 0 consequences, austerity politics shielded by meaningless illusory social politics that cloud out crushing debt corporate overreach and insane d*** crises, complete institutional homogenization across sectors, slow but steady breach on civil liberties over multiple decades which is only increasing, environmental disasters, corporate adoption of hollow social politics which is actively cheered on by misguided people incorrectly, slow creep of the power and influence of banks and the financial sector, flailing economic market propped up by absolute bs which doesn't actually reflect real economic conditions,
i can keep going. Many of these things are not simply political in nature but cultural or systematic and have lineages going back years if not decades.scary times coming. s*** is depressing to just think about.
and whats scarier is peoples mentality now a days is to just accept it or stay ignorant to it, or even talk about it but feel like they cant do anything about it.
- Jan 18, 2021·edited·1 replykrishna bound
Increased corporate control of literally everything, extreme cultural nihilism and overall cultural self-destruction, increasingly balkanized US sociocultural identities with no mitigation, further corruption of the elite/leadership socioeconomic class with 0 consequences, austerity politics shielded by meaningless illusory social politics that cloud out crushing debt corporate overreach and insane d*** crises, complete institutional homogenization across sectors, slow but steady breach on civil liberties over multiple decades which is only increasing, environmental disasters, corporate adoption of hollow social politics which is actively cheered on by misguided people incorrectly, slow creep of the power and influence of banks and the financial sector, flailing economic market propped up by absolute bs which doesn't actually reflect real economic conditions,
i can keep going. Many of these things are not simply political in nature but cultural or systematic and have lineages going back years if not decades.How do we fight this?/Can you dumb down what you just said for people?