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.
The ruling ideas of any epoch are the ideas of the ruling class, said Marx and Engels in The German Ideology.
The internet is bourgeois and the bourgeois know they’re in trouble. They’re turning to fascism and the internet is just one tool to that end. When you get jumped by loads of replies, assume you’re taking to bots. It’s not worth trying to persuade them, but as others have said, you have a wider audience that just your interlocutor.
Challenge people but stay safe, don’t bicker, and don’t let liberals or fascists spin you in circles. They’re good at that. Keep educating yourself so that you can make the points you want to make and avoid falling into opponents’ traps.