Practically every main stream internet service I can think about that I have used is littered with fascist or imperialist comments. Anytime I push back against it, I have to contend with a wave of reactionaries jumping down my throat.
Sometimes I wonder what’s the point. As in, should I just back off and not say anything? It doesn’t seem like saying anything makes a difference anyway.
I dunno, I guess I’m teetering on the edge of despair a bit. Fascism isn’t fringe on the internet anymore, from what I can see. It makes me worry for the near future.
Fill disclosure: my friend thinks I’m just too online.
A bit late to this, but yes, it’s so true that it hurts. Literally wherever you go, there are always libs in justifying imperialism, killing of millions of people, colonialism and being so persistently defending system who is destroying even them and life on this planet itself. This can range to libs trying to justify it to borderline fascist with comments devoid of sanity about DPRK, China especially, then calling genocide on billions of people and calling for WW3 for someone daring to stand up to westoids and stop their monstrous imperialism and puppets once and for all. Outright nazis in YouTube comments especially, look no further than some random video with Hitler from WW2 like some part of documentary, movie scenes from bunker, WW2 games etc, typically with: nazi German army gear best in the world, Wehrmacht was actually good and didn’t do war crimes like SS, BUT MUH USSR, MUH STALIN 100 TRILLION SPOONS!! etc. It’s disturbing.
Then random YouTube recommendation videos with nazi/monarchist/lib stuff not being banned, and then memes where they casually meme all from the above supporting USA without a hint of irony arriving in hordes in comments to bash on someone who called it out. And most terrible thing is that all of that had usually hundreds/thousands of likes and YT or whatever website it’s on rarely and almost never does something to stop it.