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by fzeroracer 2792 days ago
A lot of this is because with the rise of the internet we've seen that it's become easier to push people into these conspiratorial narratives. Before it was largely limited to relatively local radio shows but now you have large media sources spreading not-so-subtle news about how the Jews are ruining America or the deep state controlling your lives.

We see these charlatans spreading vile bigotry and hatred, often directly resulting in the harm of innocent people. People spreading narratives that school shootings don't actually exist. The overall audience these people can reach has grown dramatically and the problem is that it's similar to cult behavior. You can't actually beat them with facts or through arguments. At a certain point we're going to need to face this problem head on and treat it as a proper cult.

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Antisemitism has widespread roots in Europe going back 100s of years, unfortunately. It didn't need the Internet to spread :(