cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/28114115
A new report reveals how groups critical of so-called gender ideology across Europe raised $1.18 billion to target abortion, sex education and LGBT…
Archived version: https://archive.is/sMP7J
Over a billion dollars to fight… (checks notes) the concept of people not being 100% aligned masculine/straight/male or feminine/straight/female.
WTF‽ What made them think that the 0.5%-2% of the population (depending on who you ask) that land at the edges of the sex spectrum are worth that level of hate?
The investment in demonizing scapegoat groups does seem to pay off for the far right. It helps them sell their own ideology as a solution for people’s woes, if they can convince people their problems are caused by the designated scapegoats. It effectively distracts people from the plunder of their lives by rich kleptocrats, while filling them with the kind of misdirected hatred that fascism thrives on.
It’s the far right conveyor belt. Strart with some influencers with reasonable arguments, push towards slightly more extreme viewpoints blaming minorities until they’re truly radicalized and never believe anything from outside the bubble.
If this works in Europe, then Europeans are not smarter than Americans. The whole “why don’t Americans do something” rhetoric goes right out the window.
No one is immune to a concerted propaganda campaign. American propaganda has just been a bit more extreme than most, for a bit longer.
why do you ask this question knowing anyone who answers you will get a ban?