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In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we talked with Faraday Speaks, a YouTuber who has begun to share their personal journey out of the Alt-Right online world. While never involved in an organized group, Faraday’s story represents the experiences of many rank-n-file millennials who went from “edgy teens,” to video gamers excited by Gamergate, to radicalized Trump fans that were pushed towards fascism and ethno-nationalism.
Over the course of our discussion we cover:
- The importance of YouTube as a force and path for far-Right radicalization.
- The importance of gamer culture and Gamergate in the rise of the Alt-Right.
- The use of websites like 8chan and 4chan as online organizing forums where mass murderers are presented as martyrs and strategy is discussed.
- The role of Donald Trump among the wider Right.
- The future of the far-Right and Alt-Right following the Unite the Right demonstrations and the 2020 elections.
- The need for anti-capitalists and leftists to increase our capacity in making engaging video material. Contrapoints is presented as an example.
- Looking at the growth of the Alt-Right as a public health crisis.
Well, that debate was pretty epic. So now that @NickJFuentes career is over which ship will save his racist raft?
We hope that this interview offers an insight into the conditions, both online and off, that have given rise to the nihilism which has allowed the Alt-Right to present itself as a light in dark times.
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