Post B1gIYMEQJmuAMux9Yu by cdarwin@c.im
 (DIR) More posts by cdarwin@c.im
 (DIR) Post #B1gILgchBxIDqaGRGq by icedquinn@blob.cat
       2025-12-27T17:48:35.341019Z
       
       1 likes, 0 repeats
       
       you might do better to collectively stop trying to dehumanize the right and figure out why they feel like its how they need to live instead. you'll never make any progress until you do.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1gIYMEQJmuAMux9Yu by cdarwin@c.im
       2025-12-27T16:51:40Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       German videos – titled Balaclava Kitchen – started in 2014 and ran for months before YouTube took down the channel for violating its guidelines.But it offered a glimpse of how far-right groups have seized on cultural production – from clothing brands to top 40 music – to normalise their ideas, in a process that researchers say has hit new heights in the age of social media.“It’s frightening, honestly,” said Katherine Kondor, a researcher with the Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies. “You can be radicalised sitting on your couch.”In affiliation with the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX), Kondor is leading a six-country project looking at how the extreme right uses aesthetics, from fitness influencers to memes and stickers, to spread their views across Europe.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/27/its-frightening-how-far-right-is-infiltrating-everyday-culture?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
       
 (DIR) Post #B1gIYNkifCKh5N4SXY by cdarwin@c.im
       2025-12-27T17:29:26Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       As the numbers of women embracing the concept online surges, the content’s far-right roots have been increasingly obscured. Even so, the views they often promote – from anti-feminism to a nostalgia for an imagined past – continue to boost far-right aims.These cultural elements serve as gateways, at times helping to reel people into extremism, Kondor said. “I think there’s a mistaken idea that people join the far right because they believe in that ideology and want to meet like-minded people,” she said. “But that’s not how it works.”While there are some who are driven by prejudices against certain groups or specific beliefs, or others who tag along with friends who are already involved, many are lured by the subcultures that encase these movements, she said.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1gIYOsYTYC8ZxkEOO by cdarwin@c.im
       2025-12-27T17:31:54Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       “Now there’s technology that we can use to generate an image or video in an instant or music within just a couple of minutes,” said Jasser. “So the playbook is old, but the speed is much faster.”The economics of social media have also transformed the process, leading to questions regarding who is creating far-right content and their motivations.“It could be posted by a bot. It could be anyone and anything wanting to generate income from producing as many AI videos and images as possible,” said Jasser.“Which then interestingly calls into question how ideologically driven many of these accounts are, or if it’s a way to generate revenue. "
       
 (DIR) Post #B1gIYPO6aFQq9oVQZM by mrsaturday@shitposter.world
       2025-12-27T17:50:52.072346Z
       
       0 likes, 1 repeats
       
       @cdarwin I see libs get hooked by slopaganda all the time. Being gullible and mentally unequipped to handle modern technology isn't necessarily a political thing.