• wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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    5 days ago

    That’s why it’s spiralled into a meme war. The problem is, the fronts are all quiet, and every side is only memeing internally.

    Some sides send trolls to fracture the other sides from within. Other sides just tear themselves apart because performative virtue signalling is more important to them than progress. Still others are just echo chambers that huff each other’s fumes to reinforce their own delusions.

    There’s no good-faith discussion being had. Most people aren’t capable of holding one, so it isn’t worth trying to engage.

    Maybe we need specialized “information operations” cells which infiltrate right-wing spaces and spread deradicalization propaganda (like “follow the white rabbit”), but I feel like that would require more coordination and organization than the left is capable of…