RE: Far-Right Extremism Is a Global Problem
February 5, 2021 at 10:50 am
(This post was last modified: February 5, 2021 at 11:55 am by The Grand Nudger.)
A wonderful example of the failures of education. Presumably, we all here have a western education, they got to us when we were young. That doesn't stop us from believing in strange things like white supremacy, or that the us was shaking down iraq for it's resources. Equally inexplicable, the notion that we're less racist™..today..in a thread about the rise of global right wing extremism.
Education is great and all, but with respect to extremists, it just produces better educated extremists. People who can actually build ieds or capture then command an abusive and sprawling infrastructure - rather than those who impotently dream about it. People who understand which psychological levers to pull and how to tailor their propaganda to a specific audience, rather than stumps who put on their nazi cosplay regalia and damage their brand. Education is a tool, and like any tool, it's value neutral. Good and bad people find equal use in education when it comes to furthering their aims - and with respect to global extremism, the capture of education is itself an aim. The reason for this being plainly apparent. We don't live in a world where dumb extremism can succeed. They have to replace all of the educated people who oppose them with educated extremists in order for their dream society to be more than just a dream. In order for the trains to run on time.
Education is great and all, but with respect to extremists, it just produces better educated extremists. People who can actually build ieds or capture then command an abusive and sprawling infrastructure - rather than those who impotently dream about it. People who understand which psychological levers to pull and how to tailor their propaganda to a specific audience, rather than stumps who put on their nazi cosplay regalia and damage their brand. Education is a tool, and like any tool, it's value neutral. Good and bad people find equal use in education when it comes to furthering their aims - and with respect to global extremism, the capture of education is itself an aim. The reason for this being plainly apparent. We don't live in a world where dumb extremism can succeed. They have to replace all of the educated people who oppose them with educated extremists in order for their dream society to be more than just a dream. In order for the trains to run on time.
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