Cuttooth wrote:The Great Replacement conspiracy theory is now openly rooted within mainstream right wing politics with only the most superficial amount of pushback from "moderate" conservatives. Increased white nationalist terrorism is a direct result of that and it'll only get worse if the radicalisation of young white men continues to be treated as weird individual anomalies. Problem stretches far beyond American borders too.
One of my favourite quotes is that 'Conspiracy theories are how dumb people get to feel smart'. Demographic change in America has so many vast reasons behind it, but what if actually, there was only one reason and unlike the sheeple,
you had fully understood it. It's not a confluence of multiculturalism, the natural ease and lack of expense associated with international travel over decades, birth rates, climate change, etc - it was designed by the 'Elites', just like Covid! Now you go take a weapon and defend your community from the elites and be a hero.
As with ISIS, it's a very tempting strategy for young male losers in society to go from stacking shelves to becoming admired by lunatics online for having 'taken action'. What makes this theory so terrifying is that by design, you're not meant to stand on the sidelines. You have to do something.