• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      they would rather see themselves as warriors against “secret forces of evil” than the lonely forgettable losers they are.

      Tried to find the quote or the episode, but couldn’t. That’s a good line, nonetheless.

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        2 years ago

        S04E02, ~33min into episode. Conversation between Firecracker and Sister Sage.

        Firecracker:

        Purpose. I sell purpose. These people got nothing. Maybe they lost a job or a house or a kid to Oxy. Politicians don’t give a shit, mainstream media tells them to be ashamed of their skin color, so, well, I bring 'em together, tell them a story, give them a purpose. Which would you rather believe? That you belong to a community of warriors battling a secret evil, or that you’re a lonely, inconsequential nobody that no one will ever remember?

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      2 years ago

      They’ve been radicalised to become extremists. It can happen to anybody. It’s easier with badly educated people. In fact, a lot of Lemmy users are on their way as well.

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        “Extremist” is a pointless word in this context. Who’s not extreme about something that matters, like human rights? That doesn’t make a person the same as a white supremacist just because they have a firm conviction.