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- technews@radiation.party
Very, Very Few People Are Falling Down the YouTube Rabbit Hole | The site’s crackdown on radicalization seems to have worked. But the world will never know what was happening before that::The site’s crackdown on radicalization seems to have worked. But the world will never know what was happening before that.
Recently watched a documentary called ‘the YouTube effect’ by Alex Winter (bill of bill and ted) which goes into how YouTube was essential in the current global state of radicalized individuals.
In the earlyish days of the internet (late 1990s / early 00s) I fell deep down the rabbit hole of right wing hate and conspiracy theories…
One subject of the doc explains his descent. It is almost exactly mine. Only these days it is hyper stimulated, laser targeted, data driven, psychological warfare, wrapped in polished, billionaire backed campaigns.
It comes at you from wherever you are.
Crypto bros. Health/hydro bros. incel bros. Christian bros. Muslim bros. Rogan bros. Peterson bros. Elmo bros. Tech bros. Anon bros. etc.
By the time a lot of people realize what’s happened, if ever, they’re already in too deep.
Hmm I’m sensing a theme here…
There’s a recent documentary movie about that called Bros I suggest you check it out.
Leftists aren’t immune. My YouTube has a lot of Vaush, Hasan, Sam Seder, etc.
Though I do also get Patrick Bet David and PragerU thrown in too, I think because I can’t help but watch for a window into their line of thinking.
It is not quite the same. It recommends things you watch. If you watch Hasan you tend to get more Hasan stuff but only on rare occasions do you get Vaush stuff.
Back in the day you could watch one non political thunderfoot about some scam and the recommendations would be a rouges gallery of anti-sjws with no other recommendations.
Now you can get radicalized because you want to be and it’s a nice saunter down the hill. Then it was a sheer cliff you could accidentally fall into. If you didn’t experience it you can’t really imagine how stupid it was.
Is the theme “cults”?
Close, it’s cunts.
Bro! I don’t know if there’s a theme, bro! But, bro, I’ll look into it, bro.
Bro.
Broooooo, that’s too much bro for any one bro to have to look into, bro.
We need more liberal critical thinking bros.
Funny how the left doesn’t have any bros.
We’ve got brothers.
What do you mean by ‘it coming at you’ and ‘being too deep’?
Not OP but I’m guessing the algorithms that recommend videos have gone down one direction, so you’re in an echo chamber where it seems like that is everything there is. You’d never hear a counter-argument; only ever one side of the argument.
I recommend you watch this video to answer your question https://youtu.be/P55t6eryY3g?si=TPMvx5YmF0XANLXB
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Whatever your interest or hobby, there is a psyop devoted to it. Wherever you are, whatever you do, whatever you’re curious about, you will find targeted propaganda.
Because of the methods used. The conspiracies wrapped in a cozy blanket of semi truth and emotional manipulation make it easy to fall prey to.
If you’re angry, it will make you angrier. Violent, even. If you’re happy, it can make you hate with the loving joy of false religious zeal. If you are confused and uncertain, it will provide the esoteric truths you seek, with the absolute certainty of a “final solution”
Etc
And it’s difficult to unwind.