80% of political violence over the past 30 years is committed by far right activists, the majority of far left “violence” is ecoterrorism and focused on property (eg without human life lost/harmed), the far right took over the government and is literally doing fascism, but a “tankie” on lemmy was mean and said they wouldn’t vote for a democrat because they are ineffective for decades to the point of planned opposition and enable genocide just as much as the right. These are the same
It just doesn’t make sense to react to violence as a leftist, you believe everyone is worth and every human is relevant, you believe anger and enforcing authority in different other manners violent or not is the loopback point where the paradox kicks in. It’s not rocket science, but it is a thing that will be exploited by the far right because it is there and the dragon of course eats its tail without regrets or, it seems, sentient thought it is just what naturally will happen if you choose to think some people have a glowing aura that makes them more important than others instead of loving yourself
The 80% number is only correct if you separately tally “islamist extremism”, which is such a weird thing to do, as its mostly a different flavoured right-wing extremism. The actual number is over 90%
I don’t think the post was a comment on political violence, but on the real issue of bot farms swaying public opinion.
The ring wing bot farms work by dog piling and being the first ones to conversations online. They set the narrative from the beginning and likely are the ones posting controversial content as well. The impact is that it sways the opinion of low information voters that maybe don’t tune in that often. The goal of these bots though is also to build conformity on the right.
The left wing bot farms work quite differently, from my experience. We on the left are more swayed by sympathy and empathy, so narrative sways us more. These bots push purity tests more than anything. They are preying on our kind hearts, because we will stand in solidarity with those who we hear have been wronged. The goal of these bots is to divide the left so that it may be conquered.
Frankly, I have issues with many of the Democrats in power Federally, but you’ll hear real people, like me, who are advocating for changing the voting system in my state. As changing the voting system will enable third parties to be able to win more, and so the ‘spoiler effect’ doesn’t happen allowing conservatives to win. I think doing ground work locally for third parties, to win city and statewide elections, would matter for pulling the US more left. However, the only way the US changes for the better is by showing up day-in and day-out to push for the positive changes you want to see.
Left wing bot farms are literally just right wing bots trying to divide the left and convince them not to vote. It is unfortunately very widespread in left wing spaces.
Gotta sound balanced to be fair lmao
80% of political violence over the past 30 years is committed by far right activists, the majority of far left “violence” is ecoterrorism and focused on property (eg without human life lost/harmed), the far right took over the government and is literally doing fascism, but a “tankie” on lemmy was mean and said they wouldn’t vote for a democrat because they are ineffective for decades to the point of planned opposition and enable genocide just as much as the right. These are the same
It just doesn’t make sense to react to violence as a leftist, you believe everyone is worth and every human is relevant, you believe anger and enforcing authority in different other manners violent or not is the loopback point where the paradox kicks in. It’s not rocket science, but it is a thing that will be exploited by the far right because it is there and the dragon of course eats its tail without regrets or, it seems, sentient thought it is just what naturally will happen if you choose to think some people have a glowing aura that makes them more important than others instead of loving yourself
The 80% number is only correct if you separately tally “islamist extremism”, which is such a weird thing to do, as its mostly a different flavoured right-wing extremism. The actual number is over 90%
Yeah but the right wing would NEVER be grouped with MUSLIMS!! And so we let them control more shit just by complaining
I don’t think the post was a comment on political violence, but on the real issue of bot farms swaying public opinion.
The ring wing bot farms work by dog piling and being the first ones to conversations online. They set the narrative from the beginning and likely are the ones posting controversial content as well. The impact is that it sways the opinion of low information voters that maybe don’t tune in that often. The goal of these bots though is also to build conformity on the right.
The left wing bot farms work quite differently, from my experience. We on the left are more swayed by sympathy and empathy, so narrative sways us more. These bots push purity tests more than anything. They are preying on our kind hearts, because we will stand in solidarity with those who we hear have been wronged. The goal of these bots is to divide the left so that it may be conquered.
Frankly, I have issues with many of the Democrats in power Federally, but you’ll hear real people, like me, who are advocating for changing the voting system in my state. As changing the voting system will enable third parties to be able to win more, and so the ‘spoiler effect’ doesn’t happen allowing conservatives to win. I think doing ground work locally for third parties, to win city and statewide elections, would matter for pulling the US more left. However, the only way the US changes for the better is by showing up day-in and day-out to push for the positive changes you want to see.
Left wing bot farms are literally just right wing bots trying to divide the left and convince them not to vote. It is unfortunately very widespread in left wing spaces.