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Extremist messaging now woven into music and YouTube videos, with one expert saying: ‘You can be radicalised sitting on your couch’

The two men chop peppers, slice aubergines and giggle into the camera as they delve into the art of vegan cooking. Both are wearing ski masks and T-shirts bearing Nazi symbols.

The German videos – titled Balaclava Kitchen – started in 2014 and ran for months before YouTube took down the channel for violating its guidelines.

But it offered a glimpse of how far-right groups have seized on cultural production – from clothing brands to top 40 music – to normalise their ideas, in a process that researchers say has hit new heights in the age of social media.

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[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 75 points 1 day ago (3 children)

“In Hungary we have some examples of extreme right bands becoming mainstream because they’re on the top 40 chart. I mean, what’s more normal than being on the top 40?”

But which songs/bands? Are you saying its like a whole studio/record company pushing this?

“I have a stepson who sometimes sends videos and then I go down the rabbit hole to see who created them and it turns out it’s a far-right influencer.”

But which creators/influencers do we need to be on watch for?

“They’ve also started their own food delivery,” she said. “It’s just wild that you can be ordering food from the far right and not know.”

Do you mean the whole service is far-right? Can I get the names of services to avoid?

This article feels like it lacks substance. It seems to be saying "There's bad guys out there. I'm not going to tell you who or where, but they're there. Just trust me bro". (In all fairness, they do point to tradwife influencers, but I assumed that was known).

That's not to say that they haven't actually found sources of right wing influence in each of these areas, but I was really hoping they'd bring the receipts on it.

I don't suppose anyone here can point to examples of what they're talking about with any of these? (Again, I'm aware of the tradwife stuff, so I'm good skipping that point).

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 day ago

They probably don't want to drive traffic to them. I'm sure you can find names if you look up the cited researchers' works.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Yeah, this article is just fear mongering. Feels like a way to play both left and right sides against each other. Generalized anxiety on the left will create an echo chamber.

When critical details are missing the information can be dismissed.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 49 points 1 day ago

Hollywood's Hays Code suppressed any liberal concepts, and steered ALL Hollywood productions toward promoting standard conservative beliefs and living as the only "normal" lifestyle - for DECADES.

In the 19th century, the most popular music, besides church hymns, was minstrel shows and it's music, which reinforced racist ideals that form the core of conservative thought to this day.

This isn't new. American conservatives have been hijacking popular culture for their own propaganda use for at least two centuries.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even their shitty AI Aryan woman has to dye her hair blonde lol

[–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 23 hours ago

No, that’s normal Straßenköterblond.

They can still F off though.

[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 29 points 20 hours ago

I'm very concerned about how the far-right has subtly infiltrated popular culture in ways most people don't even think of, namely Mr. Beast.

A classic example of a billionaire putting on a weak performative liberal mask (having a trans friend, advocating for government funding in healthcare exactly once), while putting the real meaning behind their work firmly in the far right.

Constantly promoting other billionaires (like Elon Musk)

Constantly promoting the businesses of the far right and far right collaborators (Tesla, Apple, slaver chocolate harvesters, etc)

Opening businesses with far-right governments (like the Saudi dynasty)

All in a channel dedicating to maximizing the dopamine addiction of impressionable children.

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Folks are just now noticing and that's why it's gotten a bad as it has.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People have been noticing for a long time, but almost everyone's attitude has been "I'm really busy and this is someone else's responsibility."

Even this article... the press is sounding an alarm, but to whom, exactly?

The time to stop this was a decade ago, but now the cancer has wound itself into every corner of our societies to the point where it can't be easily excised. There is no authority to appeal to to say "Hey! This is fascist!" because acting now means acting against half your voters.

This is not even closing the barn door after the cows have left - this is closing the barn door while the barn burns down.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago

When I was a kid, everybody brushed it off as satire, if they acknowledged it at all.

[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

YouTube began to promote "subtle" and not so subtle far right influencers under the tenor of Susan Wojcicki.

It was under her leadership that the Adpocalypse occurred and she immediately surrendered to the bourgeoisie sponsors to slam a colossal hammer down on the monetization of virtually all independent creators, which vastly affected poor lefty creators far more than the rich fascist ones (which was intentional)

Not to mention the CONSTANT bending over backwards to protect fascists like the Paul Brothers, Alex Jones, Steven Crowder, etc, through CONSTANT AND UNCEASING ToS VIOLATIONS

Only banning or demonitizing any of them when public backlash reached critical levels. I don't believe she ever allowed the Paul Brothers to be demonitized or punished in any way whatsoever. Even the Suicide Forrest video was #1 trending for an entire day before someone at YT finally took it down.

She truly was the cancer that infected the mainstream internet with the far-right. May she rot in hell.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I consume media. I doom scroll. If they are trying to use subliminal messaging or some other bs it isn't working. I still think everything about the current establishments is bs

[–] tabris@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

It's not about subliminal messaging, it's more the Illusory Truth effect, where a lie or misinformation is repeated enough that it is believed. Some people are more resistant to this thanks to critical thinking skills, but none of us are immune to it.

[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

The affect isn't going to be on you or anyone with thinking power above that of an amoeba.

The affect they have is on the young impressionable children who spend all day online, and on the general populace to keep them in line and gaslight them into thinking the works isn't as bad as it is.

Why aren't people rioting over the Lake Michigan incident described in the Epstein files? Because the fascist controlled and infiltrated media is refusing to even acknowledge it. The only people talking about it whatsoever are leftists who never penetrate mainstream media in the USA.

[–] rossman@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 hours ago

I left reddit because of how the comment scoring worked. Neutral stances addressing extremes are down voted and being a single issue voter is encouraged.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

That’s become a trend with influencers. They have their content, but the backbone of it is a cult. Ex: mormon light