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[–] VeryVito@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 hours ago

I prefer gangs that AREN’T run by pedophiles.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 hours ago
[–] Armand1@lemmy.world 29 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Mental gymnastics on full display

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 16 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I wish one day we can look back at all this like we do with McCarthyism. But I'm also really concerned we won't

[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

If we survive past it, we definitely will. Fascism eats itself from the inside out.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 points 32 minutes ago

I worry that with the tools we have now, it changes how fascism works. They failed over and over and over until they are given what is essentially a nuclear weapon. It's not just the internet. It's amount of wealth in the hands of people who never deserved it. It's the number of middling average men with tremendous power and money. It's not like the 40s where there was more limits on basic things, logistic and communication.

[–] GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It's the whole "surviving long enough to look back" part that people worry about.

[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

The more were fight it the more short lived it will be.

And by fighting I am taking to take some action beyond posting on social media. Unfortunately a lot of young people engage in social media activism which sadly does very little.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 points 30 minutes ago* (last edited 29 minutes ago)

I disagree. I think social media plays a much larger role in this then anyone is willing to admit.

Just look at the effort by people who want power to to manipulate and own social media.

Whare i think needs to happen is the left need to go back to their roots. Create their own bots. Leverage ai. Confront them on every social media space

[–] GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago

More of us elders need to step up and set the example. It's easy for the young folk to get disillusioned with the painfully slow process of building a movement, but the only way to force change is logistics, organization, and tenacity.