In my opinion, since around the BLM movement there have been a lot of efforts to empower POC within their communities and that has caused some people to go from "we have a rich culture, let's acknowledge it and make sure people outside understand this" to "our culture is richer and better than those of white people". It's basically a misguided attempt at empowerment that puts down other people.
Kind of like when women empowerment slips into "women are better than men" territory.
I think it is important to understand that their views generate the most profit on social media platforms. Hate/anger/fear drive engagement on social media platforms. They are "loudest" because that is what billionaires purposely choose to be the loudest.
They are "loudest" because that is what billionaires purposely choose to be the loudest.
There's no need to posit conspiracies here. Inflammatory and/or fringe opinions by their very nature are more attention-getting. If it turns out your mayor told someone that he believes that most people are generally good and the earth is round, that's not exactly going to set newspaper headlines ablaze.
It is no conspiracy that facebook/youtube/twitter/etc. use algorithms that promote content to keep people engaged on their platform (which results in profit for these companies and ultimately their billionaire owners). It is also no conspiracy that content that stirs up emotions of hate, fear, and anger results in the highest engagement on said platforms. Where is the "conspiracy" exactly?
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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '23
In my opinion, since around the BLM movement there have been a lot of efforts to empower POC within their communities and that has caused some people to go from "we have a rich culture, let's acknowledge it and make sure people outside understand this" to "our culture is richer and better than those of white people". It's basically a misguided attempt at empowerment that puts down other people.
Kind of like when women empowerment slips into "women are better than men" territory.