Hear me out: I am a leftist. Don’t ban me - this is something i’ve been thinking about quite a bit recently.
I mean, at a macro level comparing the far left to the alt-right – we seem to be a lot more focused on egalitarianism (while disagreeing on the means to that end). The alt-right seems to be focused on creating an ethno state, pretty much. Comparing them, the morality clearly skews towards our direction.
However, what concerns me is how we (you and i) are further insulating ourselves into message boards. When I first think about insulation, what comes up to my mind are those idiots who get brainwashed by alt-right facebook propaganda. They interact with it, then that’s all they see on their wall, and all of a sudden they are in an echo chamber. We’ve all heard about these and know how bad they are.
My first thought is: “Oh, well, I’m educated and I read books and theory. I’m not like them. Alt righters are just dumb ass facebook moms who haven’t read a book in years.”
My second thought is: “Oh, shit. I’m insulating myself JUST like them, though.”
I don’t know. I’m just kind of conflicted. Left ideologies aren’t morally bad, unlike alt-righters. But, at the same time we are creating an echo chamber, just like how /r/thedonald did with thedonald.win – after we both got banned by a traditional news outlet.
What are the effects of that? Is this good or bad?
We got banned for saying slave owners and landlords should die, they got banned for promoting white supremacy? Idk you decide
Honestly this is a really simple but accurate statement. That’s what it comes down to. We’re similar to t_d in that we’re both on the outer edges of “mainstream” acceptability, and we’re not apologetic about it. But like, we want human rights for everyone, and they… don’t?
