what can be done against the rise of populisms in Europe ?
February 20, 2014 11:59 AM Subscribe
It is a dark time for common sense in Europe. Although the EU is there to prevent nobody invades nobody far-left and far-right political movements are in full swing. Things definitely look like the 1930's are making a come-back.
Hate-speech thinker ?
Check.
Gesture ?
Check.
Familiar-looking red/white/black flag ?
Check.
I could go on with examples but that's not my point.
My point is : this is not the 1930's : we have the internet. Sure it can spread trolls, astroturf campaigns and conspiracy theories like wildfire but... can there be something grass-root, citizen-based, maybe fueled by social networks to prevent the "There has been injustice in my and I'm pissed" people from becoming "There has been injustice in my life and I blame it all on Jews/the euro/Banks/EU/gay marriage/whatever" ?
Could I wear something on my coat that makes people think twice before listening to hate-spreading public figures ? Could I tweet/blog/YouTube/FaceBook something that makes pissed-off people think twice before they send narrow-thinking men and women to their parliament.
I know it's a tall order so thanks a bunch in advance dear hive-mind
I could go on with examples but that's not my point.
My point is : this is not the 1930's : we have the internet. Sure it can spread trolls, astroturf campaigns and conspiracy theories like wildfire but... can there be something grass-root, citizen-based, maybe fueled by social networks to prevent the "There has been injustice in my and I'm pissed" people from becoming "There has been injustice in my life and I blame it all on Jews/the euro/Banks/EU/gay marriage/whatever" ?
Could I wear something on my coat that makes people think twice before listening to hate-spreading public figures ? Could I tweet/blog/YouTube/FaceBook something that makes pissed-off people think twice before they send narrow-thinking men and women to their parliament.
I know it's a tall order so thanks a bunch in advance dear hive-mind
This post was deleted for the following reason: This reads too much like a personal blog post than asking for help for a problem that can be solved or made clearer. -- mathowie
« Older Looking for regularly posted interesting content... | Video Downloadhelper has stopped working. Newer »
This thread is closed to new comments.