78% of Reddit Threads with 1,000+ Comments Mention Nazis

Re:78% of Reddit Threads with 1,000+ Comments Mention Nazis by clock_tower on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @02:57PM (#11630743)

I can't tell if you're praising his effort or condemning it; but I'd point out that that sort of conflict is a Hobbesian warre of all against all, in which cohesion and self-sacrifice are impossible -- which is what both James and the pre-WWI militarists were afraid of.

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Re:78% of Reddit Threads with 1,000+ Comments Mention Nazis by stcredzero on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @04:19PM (#11631416)

I'd point out that that sort of conflict is a Hobbesian warre of all against all

The current structure of social media seems to incentivize people separating into isolated walled camps while demonizing the other groups and figuratively throwing rocks.

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Re:78% of Reddit Threads with 1,000+ Comments Mention Nazis by clock_tower on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @04:39PM (#11631560)

That's certainly true, but I think that this reflects the extent to which the US is divided into warring tribes -- and so isn't in Bernays' consumption-only state of affairs.

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Re:78% of Reddit Threads with 1,000+ Comments Mention Nazis by stcredzero on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @05:55PM (#11632240)

The fact that Bernays couldn't imagine the particulars of social media makes his analysis suspect.

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