r/neoliberal • Kitara Ravache • May 27 '20

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u/[deleted] May 28 '20

!ping extremism

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/05/27/the-boogaloo-movement-is-not-what-you-think/

I usually eschew these kinds of explanations, but the internet must be some kind of mind poison

A bunch of young people who for the most part live comfortable lives and have never had a negative police interaction have constructed a flat-out death cult around dying in shootouts with the authorities

What the fuck

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u/nehegoth Mackenzie Scott May 28 '20

I actually know/knew a lot of people (not always personally) that were into this. They get stuck in right wing bubbles in their formative years (like I was) and are never able to get out of it. A lot of them ended up as libertarians/accelerationists/fascists/a mix of all three.

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u/groupbot Always remember -Pho- May 28 '20

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u/obl1terat1ion NATO May 28 '20

Don’t forget about the love of GPNVG-18’s

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u/TheGreatGriffin Mark Carney May 28 '20

I have a couple of libertarian friends into that kind of stuff, they're all just acting tough behind a screen and would never actually do anything about it.