The insidiousness of this monopoly on information is actually frightening. There’s YouTube videos I watched a number of years ago on various issues, conflicts etc that have now disappeared. These weren’t conspiratorial videos but would’ve challenged some mainstream narratives with alternative viewpoints. It’s ironic that sections of the …
The insidiousness of this monopoly on information is actually frightening. There’s YouTube videos I watched a number of years ago on various issues, conflicts etc that have now disappeared. These weren’t conspiratorial videos but would’ve challenged some mainstream narratives with alternative viewpoints. It’s ironic that sections of the left have been crying fascism during the Trump years whilst big tech have literally followed through on actual fascistic behaviours right under their noses, too blind, righteous, and dumb to see what is problematic about this.
It technically isn't "fascism", it is tribalistic totalitarianism, but "sections of the left" have always been totalitarian (see Rousseau, arguably the original anti-rationalist utopian "leftist", who himself inherited the anti-rationalist tendencies of the counter-enlightenment and inquisitions).
Agreed. Tribalistic totalitarianism a more accurate description of what I was describing. It feels like the word fascism is bandied about a bit too much these days (as I dutifully demonstrated). Either way I don’t care much for tribalist totalitarianism or fascism. Thanks for that though :)
The insidiousness of this monopoly on information is actually frightening. There’s YouTube videos I watched a number of years ago on various issues, conflicts etc that have now disappeared. These weren’t conspiratorial videos but would’ve challenged some mainstream narratives with alternative viewpoints. It’s ironic that sections of the left have been crying fascism during the Trump years whilst big tech have literally followed through on actual fascistic behaviours right under their noses, too blind, righteous, and dumb to see what is problematic about this.
It technically isn't "fascism", it is tribalistic totalitarianism, but "sections of the left" have always been totalitarian (see Rousseau, arguably the original anti-rationalist utopian "leftist", who himself inherited the anti-rationalist tendencies of the counter-enlightenment and inquisitions).
Agreed. Tribalistic totalitarianism a more accurate description of what I was describing. It feels like the word fascism is bandied about a bit too much these days (as I dutifully demonstrated). Either way I don’t care much for tribalist totalitarianism or fascism. Thanks for that though :)
Indeed.