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German far right’s strategy for seizing power: Foment US-style polarization (www.politico.eu)

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

A reminder that anger is addictive, and social media fuels it.

Engagement driven algorithms that are let to run wild inherently pick up on this, and start feeding you anger inducing content. Even non engagement driven algorithms often end up doing this by accident.

And when we're angry, we think less clearly and empathetically, and we lash out and say more than we mean and make hurtful comments and generalizations.

That sparks anger in the person we're conversing with, which tends to create a feedback loop, also known as a fight.

If you actually want to have fun, engaging, conversations with people different then you, and learn something from them, it's a constant exercise in calmness, deescalation, and nuance, not things the internet trains us well for.

tl;dr: humans like to think we're highly evolved beings, but at the end of the day we're all basically these cats:

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

The russian model, very effective

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

It's the bog-standard "how to dismantle a liberal society" approach, outlined by, Carl Schmitt. It was already used once in Germany, I imagine the AFD wouldn't need to go to Russia to learn about it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It's only effective because those who could do something didn't do shit for one reason or the other.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

Agreed. This strategy works best in a two party system. Much easier to divide and conquer only 2 choices. Not so much with ranked choice voting and multiple parties. The US was a time bomb of corruption wating to be purchased from either political party. Putin just paid the most for GOP access and got it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

This preview pic creeps me out. It looks like it’s on a bridge in the middle of the void.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

Any group that's asocial and improperly socialized enough to disregard the sanctity of life and how I, just like anyone else, am just a grain of sand in the desert of society will eventually become an enemy to their fellow man, I think.