It’s unfortunate...
it strikes me that decades ago, people with “little common sense” (to put it kindly) were more discreet; no matter how fanatical they were, they were afraid of looking ridiculous and kept quiet.
Nowadays, they’ve completely lost control...
they make YouTube videos, get likes, have people who support them, and end up profiting from their lack of judgment.
And I think that’s clearly the fault of how the internet is being managed. Now, when a fool spouts nonsense on social media, instead of being mocked, the algorithm finds that fool an army of fools just like him to tell him, “You’re doing great, bro”…
That makes me think we should bring back the tradition of teasing...
that humiliation that used to sound nasty but that we eventually came to realize was, to a certain extent, healthy.
I mean... when I was young, if anyone supported Nazism on a forum, they'd get banned instantly; now I have to respect them or I'll be the one who gets banned...