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It's a shame there's no discernible external reason, or series of events, that would push young people towards left leaning ideologies. Furthermore it's extrao
by nannal 3y ago
It's a shame there's no discernible external reason, or series of events, that would push young people towards left leaning ideologies.
Furthermore it's extraordinarily strange this began back in 2016.
- account42 3y agoYes, almost like one "side" got spooked and really embraced the idea of censorship to manufacture consent around that time.
- nannal 3y agoThat must be the answer, conspiracy.
- dale_glass 3y agoEveryone likes censorship. I've never met anyone who didn't like it. People only complain about it when their side is losing. Eg, on reddit /r/conservative is one of the most censored subreddits, and they're not even subtle about it. They regularly have "flaired users only" threads that are explicitly not open to anyone but the mod-approved people, but you'll see the regulars venture to the outside and whine about free speech and "safe spaces" anyway. The few actually true unrestricted places quickly degenerate into something like Voat, that was such a cess-pool that even TheDonald couldn't take it. They made a huge deal about Reddit being too restrictive and moving to voat, then quietly crawled back because just like /r/conservative they were very used to having a conversation on their terms. Even in places like Voat I suspect the way most people work in an unmoderated space is that the toxicity kind of naturally filters the content to what they prefer.