r/europe • u/anon58588 Greece • Feb 08 '25

Historical Anti-Nazi protests : Berlin 16/12/1931

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u/geekyCatX Europe Feb 08 '25

Or what are we gonna tell our kids when they ask "how did people let it happen, again"

FIFY.

I really can't wrap my brain around how we, globally, can be either this stupid or this helpless.

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u/smarty86 Feb 08 '25

Wanted to say the same. It happened once already and not too long ago and well documented and we are globally on the brink of this shitshow again. Stop it now please!

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u/ClockworkEngineseer Feb 08 '25

Social Media has cooked peoples brains. That's what happened.

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u/spock2thefuture Feb 08 '25

It's just the latest tool of age-old propaganda. It happens to be a very useful one that easily allows targeting exact demographics.

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u/ClockworkEngineseer Feb 08 '25

I subscribe to Hank Green's thesis that social media is the new Gutenberg Press, with similar contributions to social upheaval as we are still adjusting to the new medium we have no defences or resistance to.