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[-] Disgusted_Tadpole@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] stratoscaster@lemmy.zip 32 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

[-] cobra89@beehaw.org 28 points 1 year ago

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

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