Extremist messaging now woven into music and YouTube videos, with one expert saying: ‘You can be radicalised sitting on your couch’
The two men chop peppers, slice aubergines and giggle into the camera as they delve into the art of vegan cooking. Both are wearing ski masks and T-shirts bearing Nazi symbols.
The German videos – titled Balaclava Kitchen – started in 2014 and ran for months before YouTube took down the channel for violating its guidelines.
But it offered a glimpse of how far-right groups have seized on cultural production – from clothing brands to top 40 music – to normalise their ideas, in a process that researchers say has hit new heights in the age of social media.
In a decade, that might bear fruition. In the meantime, we need to make it too costly and dangerous for them to hold power. Until they’re driven out, sweet reason isn’t going to be enough.
Wow your current governments are doing so great enjoy your 50 year mortgage and renting a virtual computer from Nvidia.