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When someone makes a crude joke on the internet (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, Nazi existed before the internet and would exist without it. They didn’t wait for the internet to enable themselves. There can’t be zero downside for having a 100% free platform, I do agree.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah but Nazism spread via propaganda, which is what dogwhistling is a form of.

The Internet is the largest spreader of propaganda that humanity has ever seen, so it's not surprising that it helped revitalize neo-nazism and fascism is general. It also served to make satire and actual radicalized behavior harder to detect. A lot of the time, 4chan boards use this "edgy satire" format to normalize the behavior (to an extent). See: the "MAP" misinformation campaign they did and how it reinforced actual pedophilia and demonized LGBT groups

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you completely oblivious to the rise of right wing ideology the last 10-15+ years? The internet has 100% enabled it.