Honestly yes, the entire concept of an “extremist” is no different from “criminal” or “terrorist”: a word that describes somebody who stands against an existing power structure, typically deployed with scorn and used as a rhetorical budget to keep people’s worldview in line.
According to the powers that be, you and I are “extremists” for wanting drinkable water and a liveable temperature, because those things threaten the unlimited expansion of profits, and the unlimited expansion of profits is the only rule that our society actually runs on. What could possibly be more extreme than deliberately following a course of action you know is causing a mass extinction? Nothing I can imagine.
But the people and corporations doing that are never called “extremists”, because it’s not a factual label but a political one: it’s purpose is not to accurately describe reality but to separate the rich people whose awful ideas we’re supposed to take seriously, because they own tv stations, from the unimportant masses whose ideas we’re supposed to respond to with scorn and ridicule, because they threaten profit.
There is no group of people more extreme in their actions, plans or rhetoric than the common sense, business-as-usual crowd. Their ideology has brought us to the absolute brink and may well kill the human species, but familiarity has blinded us to it’s insanity.
l woke up at 4am about to have a panic attack. This response is so comforting, maybe even validating. Thank you so much for your thoughts and explainations. Thank you.
Leftism is inherently anti-fascist. If you’re calling the socialists that have successfully established state-power “fascist,” then this is monstrously incorrect.
Just want to point out the Alt-Left also have their fascists.
Pardon my stupid, literally who would that be? “trans right hitler”? Or are you talking about .ml as “alt-left” (and fascist somehow)?
WHAT ABOUT THE ALT LEFT, WHO CAME CHARGING OUT
Just saying there are extremists on both sides. Do you think that’s false?
Being far from the Overton Window does not inherently make someone bad nor wrong.
Honestly yes, the entire concept of an “extremist” is no different from “criminal” or “terrorist”: a word that describes somebody who stands against an existing power structure, typically deployed with scorn and used as a rhetorical budget to keep people’s worldview in line.
According to the powers that be, you and I are “extremists” for wanting drinkable water and a liveable temperature, because those things threaten the unlimited expansion of profits, and the unlimited expansion of profits is the only rule that our society actually runs on. What could possibly be more extreme than deliberately following a course of action you know is causing a mass extinction? Nothing I can imagine.
But the people and corporations doing that are never called “extremists”, because it’s not a factual label but a political one: it’s purpose is not to accurately describe reality but to separate the rich people whose awful ideas we’re supposed to take seriously, because they own tv stations, from the unimportant masses whose ideas we’re supposed to respond to with scorn and ridicule, because they threaten profit.
There is no group of people more extreme in their actions, plans or rhetoric than the common sense, business-as-usual crowd. Their ideology has brought us to the absolute brink and may well kill the human species, but familiarity has blinded us to it’s insanity.
l woke up at 4am about to have a panic attack. This response is so comforting, maybe even validating. Thank you so much for your thoughts and explainations. Thank you.
You mean nazbols?
It kinda wraps around, the two meet out in agro conspiracy land.
I have no idea who or what that is.
They are essentially just fascists with left wing aesthetics.
Leftism is inherently anti-fascist. If you’re calling the socialists that have successfully established state-power “fascist,” then this is monstrously incorrect.