Does the online far-right enable terrorism?

It's been a notable thing recently that a lot of the recent mass shootings are by people who were knee deep in online cultures such as 4 chan.

By 'ironically' talking about awful things, the most rightwards section of the Internet seems to be a cultivating ground for these people. I have met people on SW who I think would have been part of this radicalisation process.

It starts with theories of cultural war between peoples, moves to etno nationalism and ends with what happened in New Zealand.

Do the Christchurch shootings expose the murderous nature of ‘ironic’ online fascism?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2019/mar/15/do-the-christchurch-shootings-expose-the-murderous-nature-of-ironic-online-fascism?

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Kwek00 · 41-45, M Best Comment

You have people that actually "believe" that there is "something" going on lead by some obscure elite figures or a group of nations. This cabal is actively trying to kill/replace their race. Take away their soil, their jobs, their culture, their identity,.... It's pretty easy to go from that idea to the idea that they are out to kill them (because they are part of their race). That these people are taking away their power, their soil, their right to excist and want to indoctrinate their children to accept this (to them) horrific holocaust as "normal".

So there is a clear "us" and "them" dynamic. And "them" is out to get "us". If that idea becomes dominant enough, what do you think will happen? And it's impossible to talk to "them". For instance... with muslims, their is this idea of "Taqiya", which allows muslims from a certain branch of Islam to lie if it serves their purpose. If you believe all muslims use this rule, then how can you talk to them on an equal basis? They are all liars annyway, and their religious system allows this (because all muslims are the same in their opinion). This idea is actively used in extreme right circles, and if you really believe it, it makes anny negotiation with "them" impossible.

If there is no trust, and "they" are out to get "us"... what would you do? In the most extreme cases of believers, these attrocities are the logical consequence. Because they have to protect themselves. And they are englightened while all the other guys in their camp still have to wake up to this reality.

[i]Just read Carl Schmitt - On the concept of the political.
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Oh yeah... this is not a: Fashit, Right Wing, everyone else thing. It's a human thing, emotions based on bad data, that creates a narrative that is only sensible and rational to the true believers. In extreme circles on the left this dynamic is just as plaussible. Once you radicalise, loose nuance and believe all the other people are to dumb to talk too because they just don't understand... you are just bound to have problems.

Remember Marx, the last part of the communist manifesto has the same dynamics. It's not abnormal that a lot of socialist communist regimes turned violent. The Bougeois class is actively out to get us, the working class needs to wake up. Rise up, rise up, you have nothing to loose but your chains.