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While this research focuses on France, the closure of the local watering holes and the correlating rise in isolation, leading to less critical media consumption and folks finding comfort in far right rhetoric vilifying the other as cause of their abandonment, is something that resonates globally
You can love your country and despise its political leadership - because of how the latter is wrecking the former.
The latest from the Antifa Tabernacle Choir
youtu.be/Vs24tGpzxWc
Not totally gone. The 2020 edition has been saved from the void.
They’ve been following all the rules. The cruelty is the point
“When there is no longer any place to talk to each other, politics becomes a face-off between the isolated individual and the grand narratives of the media – and in this face-off, discourses that offer simple answers have a structural advantage,” the study adds.
f24.my/Bixk
Convincing. A must-read. However, as someone who worked for a long time trying to convince governments to do things they didn't want to do, I'm not sure humanity's leaders will address the issue before it's too late.
Probably a good thing. I'd rather see it gone than replaced by Trumpist propaganda.
Rough translation: "Too many powerful people are suspects - including my bosses - so, we're not going to investigate. To hell with the victims. To hell with justice."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
“As people fall back on a smaller pool of like-minded friends and family, they’re also increasingly exposed to television pundits offering simplistic answers to their problems, like scapegoating immigrants, a regular far-right talking point.”
