I think what's weird about lots of contemporary political extremists is that they don't know, or act as if, they're weird fringe groups
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Replying to @eigenrobot
Is this a side effect of filter bubbles? Previously fringe political movements had to be local to be so deluded.
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Replying to @enkiv2
(Like cults, for instance.) But now you can be in a cult with thousands of distant strangers.
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Replying to @enkiv2
heh I don't trust myself to make causal arguments anymore but I'd guess that's part of it also maybe hypermoralization of policy?
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Replying to @eigenrobot
It seems like that's part of the same thing. Like, if a position seems like a rare perversion, it's easy to see it...
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Replying to @enkiv2
yeah, my gut is that you're right and this is the main driver. Which is too bad because it seems self-reinforcing :/
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