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  • Jorick [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Depends on what your dad's preoccupations are. Considering he's a boomer who has thoroughly been brainwashed by fox news reactionary youtubers. He sounds like the typical anti-establishment guy who hasn't got a single clue he's getting fucked over, so I'd work on that. I'll quote my post on the matter, it shouldn't take more than one hour, with both of you being in the room, and discussing the two pieces of media.

    Here you go for the post :

    "I have already posted this one on the site I think, but here it is : the wealth repartition in America 8 FUCKING YEARS AGO

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM

    After they see the video, show this :

    https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/

    It’s up to date, and incredibly revolting if anything. Also, you’ll need to remind them what they’re getting as a stimulus is one single pixel."

    Other than than though, I mean, he's old and likely extremely influenceable. You'll need to disprove his sources by showing they're absolutely full of shit, and what better way to do so than telling him the same guy who owns Fox also owns CNN (IIRC, it could also be another lib chan), and these people ALSO bankroll all these conservative youtube channels and talk shows. Also doing what SorosFootSoldier said would be an excellent way to have him not keep that trash youtube feed.

  • OhWell [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    It's impossible to turn him into a communist overnight. You're going to have a difficult time de-radicalizing him, but that is the first step.

    Youtube has been overrun by conspiracy theorists and the far right for many years. Even before the rise of the Alt Right around 2015, it was overrun with conspiracy stuff in the late 2000s and early 2010s. They evolved into the far right. I remember when Alex Jones used to get in the top 100 videos watched per day, week and month. The Obama Deception documentary was a real turning point. I first encountered Holocaust denial on Youtube way back around 2011-2012.

    The far right have spent years building up little networks and growing on Youtube. Meanwhile, the left is really a joke on there. We end up with the Breadtube people (who are more interested in drama and stupid shit, kinda like the online left in general) or that reactionary edgelord dipshit Maoist Rebel News. A stark contrast compared to the likes of Shapiro, Alex Jones, Mark Dice and others who may be idiots, but have millions of followers.

    Your first goal is going to be to try and de-radicalize him by using some critical thinking skills and getting him to question the propaganda he's hearing.