Re:How can minorities of regular individuals overturn social...
by wonderwonder on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @11:06AM
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I have seen this in real life, my sister cut off contact with my family as we differed with her over a couple social issues. Not even differed, we just did not take them as seriously as she did. Have not spoken to her in over 3 years. Pretty strange.
Re:How can minorities of regular individuals overturn social...
by david38 on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @11:17AM
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I’ve seen this happen. Usually the person who leaves calls the others Nazis, un-evolved, redneck, whatever. It’s a strong sense of superiority.
I’m curious to see how long, if ever it takes for the average person who does this to realize they over-reacted, or how long it takes for the other party to see the light.
Re:How can minorities of regular individuals overturn social...
by lazyeye on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @01:48PM
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I'd say its almost certainly true that foreign actors are playing a large role in encouraging its appearance in domestic politics.
But the biggest driver is the mainstream media who no longer have a business model (destroyed by the internet). So now they just generate fake controversy as cheaply as possible, to attract eyeballs for advertisers. And there is nothing cheaper than opinion. Hot-button issues like racism etc are perfect for this.
Re:How can minorities of regular individuals overturn social...
by JacobThreeThree on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @02:02PM
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>its almost certainly true that foreign actors are playing a large role in encouraging its appearance in domestic politics
I would say it's foreign and domestic actors.
A phrase I heard recently for this is "Klaxon culture", and it seems to fit. Effectively, what used to be called information warfare, which was mainly practiced on enemy populations by military agents during war and near-war, has become a democratized, routine tool of domestic politics.
It destroys community, and atomizes populations, among other nasty consequences. I know for me, I have ended up ignoring "real" issues I would have had interest in trying to help with, because I was ignoring the bullshit-machine.
Welcome to the future.