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0 pointswatwut3y ago0 comments

Arguably, a lot of early radicalization happen because folks are open to accepting viewpoints and things they know nothing about, more and more toward extreme.

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dgb233y ago

Could be the other way around too.

The more people understand the more are they pushed away from apathetic mainstream beliefs, that lull you into the comfort of the herd and distract you from fundamental issues.

Maybe it’s also two sides of the same coin?

But personally I have to actively disengage with politics in order to keep my sanity and focus on the day to day and my personal challenges. The less I educate myself actively, the more comfort I feel in how things are going.

watwutOP3y ago

I did not really meant that. I meant that fascism adjacent content shows up in your recommendations somewhere around your gaming videos or whatever. You are open to it, click on it. You know nothing about discussed history so you just swallow it and move from there.

In the initial situation, you did not cared, one way or the other. But now, all you know is what this says and you believe it, because your mind was open.

j453y ago

Reading about the primacy effect might interest you:

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