Tl;dr Summary:
• Nazi occultism, a fringe theory once favored by Himmler, a fusion of “racialist ideology and wacky mysticism” is making a comeback among Gen Z’ers
• Agartha, a mythological lost paradise for those of aryan descent, is at the center of many of these memes
• Similar to Pepe memes in the 2010s, Agartha is a meme-friendly way to subtly promote far-right ideas under the guise of humor and irony.
• It is considered another algorthimically driven pathway by which young people are being exposed to far-right ideologies
• As a result, American Gen Z polls as the most anti-Semitic generation, with 18% beliving “Jewish people have a negative impact on the U.S.”, 10% higher than any other age group.
Posted by TrixoftheTrade
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The left and centre-left have done a really bad job at preventing anti-semitism lately. It’s often a failure by omission, bad moderation, not properly countering the starts of anti-semitism when they show their head, etc. Succs to be a succ when it comes up atm.
The reason why I believe this is relevant is because I don’t think it’s just on the right wing that has seen anti-semitism grown, and I believe right-wing anti-semitic ideas are making their way over to the left when people are not sufficiently vigilant.
The logical evolution of the Q-anon Shaman type
I’m old enough to remember when Hollywood was creative enough to take a neonazi conspiracy theory and turn it into a relatively progressive TV Show (stargate), successfully coopting it.
Instagram is a major hub for the promotion of antisemitic content. I can report and “not interested” neo-Nazi reels as often as I like, and the algorithm keeps showing them.