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Maybe It’s Not YouTube’s Algorithm That Radicalizes People
- CM30 7y agoWouldn't be surprising if it was demand related. There's a bit of a divide between younger conservatives/media and the main conservative media when it comes to what values they support, and the values of the former often aren't accepted by the latter. So for the former, a YouTuber whose politics involve both right wing views on things like immigration and more libertarian views on things like drugs and media censorship is likely more attractive than something like Fox News or the Daily Mail, which appeals very heavily to old school 'family values' moral crusaders and religious folk.
- pnako 7y agoThe article does not define radicalization. If kids have the same opinions on social issues like immigration, race, gender, etc. as their grandfathers or great-grandfathers, is it really radicalization? Or just a political cycle swinging back? The same logic applies across space as well: are you a radical, if your opinion on those same topics is roughly the same as the ~7 billion people in the world who are not yuppies living in western metropolitan areas?
- JohnClark1337 7y agothe yuppies living in western metropolitan areas would say yes to that