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A reddit thread started by a woman working at a college in Toronto was on the front page of reddit 2 months ago. Commenters just piled on with more and more anecdotes. : https://old.reddit.com/r/canadian/comments/1g7a6eg/im_sick_o...

I binged watched a bunch of videos on Europe's various countries' backlash to immigration. An example was a Sweden reversal of attitude on immigration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmBOqfxPc90

Maybe the statistics in that video was cherry-picked and distorting reality. I haven't been to Sweden in 20 years to know the facts on the ground. Either way, the comments on that video are interesting.

I remember thinking 8 years ago that Trump's rhetoric of "build a wall" was insane. But now seeing the negative attitudes in every country that accepted a mass influx of immigration, it turns out he brilliantly tapped into a frustration that no other high-profile politician running for President was brave enough to say bluntly. It helped him win the election.

Reddit is completely astroturfed and shouldn't be taken as an real-world indication of political sentiments on any issue. However, turning to racist policy in light of economic crisis is not new, the last time Americans deported people of Mexican descent in droves was during the aftermath of the Great Depression: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Repatriation

Humanity will just have to relearn the lessons of the 1920s-1940s again, if it learns anything at all that is.

> Humanity will just have to relearn the lessons of the 1920s-1940s again, if it learns anything at all that is

Every 3rd generation, the cycle starts over. It's the circle of strife. The last generation that saw war on an industrial scale has almost completely died out.

>Reddit is completely astroturfed

What % of the Reddit userbase is non-legitimate, what is the source of the illegitimate users, and what is the source of your knowledge on this matter?

Astroturfing does not equal botting, although I wouldn’t be surprised if there were many bot farms active on Reddit.

The platform is virtually designed to be manipulated now, awards being an egregious example. Here’s an article about one such astroturfing campaign from folks who do not share my political tendencies: https://thefederalist.com/2024/10/29/busted-the-inside-story...

It's not surprising that Reddit leans left on average, but what really deserves attention now is that the sentiment seems to be shifting in the other direction.

I am a bit of an oddball in that I believe all instances and forms of unrealized hallucination deserve attention (though not equal attention).

To be clear: I am not surprised when bias exists in hallucinations, it's kind of a defining characteristic.

Haha, good article.

Unsatisfied with the natural fantasy world we live in, it seems we are now amplifying it on our own...and imagine how much Reddit/etc content is produced by the FBI, CIA, etc.

Westerners deserve all the pain and suffering we get, hopefully it gets even worse out there.

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