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.
What I find interesting is that there’s a lot of conflation these days between the far right and conservatism — especially religious conservatism.
This misses the point that every progressive society needs some number of conservatives (even dogmatic ones) to be asking “but is this a good idea? Does progress here actually benefit people?”
These people are NOT fascist and NOT far right. They’re more likely to share a drink with someone who is, knowingly or unknowingly, than someone with progressive views though, and can be more easily influenced.
These are the sort of people who need to be aware of this kind of article. Unfortunately, most articles of this type don’t tend to differentiate between right and far right, and so are often ignored by the very people who need to hear the message.
No it doesn’t and that’s not what conservatives are. That’s a right wing talking point myth like “You’ll get more right as you grow up”
Conservatives are reactionaries who want no change. They blindly rage against anything different or new to them, they don’t care about the wider social landscape as is evident by how often they’ll support a leftist ideal once their child is a victim of their rhetoric.
“Progressive” people want change, and they ask themselves is this good all the time. You cannot progress if you don’t review and analysise.
really should be calling these people regressives at this point…not sure how stripping access to basic medical care is “conserving” anything but profits.