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I’m not particularly far left compared to the Lemmy Lunatics, but I suspect that is far more true for the right than it is for the left.
I’ve seen people go from “are all these COVID precautions necessary?”, and tumble down a rabbit-hole to “we need to kick the foreigners out, Trump is the best choice for the US, and Russia is entitled to Ukraine” in a matter of months.
They’re very good at keeping people on message. They grab people on one issue and make them go all-in.
I’m not particularly far left compared to the Lemmy Lunatics, but I suspect that is far more true for the right than it is for the left.
I’ve seen people go from “are all these COVID precautions necessary?”, and tumble down a rabbit-hole to “we need to kick the foreigners out, Trump is the best choice for the US, and Russia is entitled to Ukraine” in a matter of months.
They’re very good at keeping people on message. They grab people on one issue and make them go all-in.
The liberal to fascist pipeline is a thing ofc, but it doesn’t represent unity of action.