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Reddits un-logged-In default home page is full of violence and death, and as long as the perpetrators of violence and hate match the political (Bernie bros left
by InTheArena 5y ago
Reddits un-logged-In default home page is full of violence and death, and as long as the perpetrators of violence and hate match the political (Bernie bros left), economic (upper middle class), ethnicity (lily white) and religious status (none) of reddits bubble, the violence is glorified and amplified by the magic of fellow travelers and algorithms.
This is why the violence didn’t go away with trump and will only escalate from here until ultimately it rips this country apart. Forums like this serve to dehumanize any who might disagree. It differs only from alt-right forums in size and scale.
Politicians are both the seed of this problem and using their social network to fan the flames. The current Vp said that she would not take the vaccine if President Donald Trump recommended it. Trump has refused to be vocal about vaccines despite funding and accelerating them.
The problem at the end of the day isn’t the “in” or the “out” populations. It’s the mechanism drawing us into ever greater hatred of “the other”..
In the future, maybe we will named genocides and political violence as Facebook or Reddit awards.
Lest someone think that I am being overly dramatic - it has already happened once.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebook-genocide.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebo...