After the 2024 presidential election, news stories have expanded about Donald Trump winning the vote for young men. On the surface, Many people said This was part of a genius move by his son Baron to get Trump on a podcast hosted by Joe Rogan and Theo Fon.
However, when I ask Chris Kruwethe reason is much more difficult than that.
Former Minnesota Viking Punter who recently went viral I’m protesting against the maga plaque At the public library in Huntington Beach, California, she told Daily Cos that social media algorithms are leading men to adopt neo-Nazi ideology.
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“Many Rapidity of young men “In America, big tech companies want to make a lot of money and don’t care who’s hurting to do that,” he said.
In the digital space, the company’s final line often takes time to click and time spent on articles and videos. With attention, creators and the entire company jumped to new levels to attract attention in a span and non-stop news cycle.
In other words, Kluwe understands that in order to “drive clicks” (convert to dollars), creators need to create more “extreme content.”
“And they lead these people into the rabbit hole where they start right away with the Joe Rogan podcast and then end up as a member of the Stormfront,” Kruwe said.
And it’s not just our creators push these ideas forward themselves. In 2024, right-wing social media creators Russia’s mission Spread pro-Russian propaganda.
In past election cycles, the US has seen Silicon Valley and its powerful tech companies essentially abandon the left and put their bows on the Magazine. From a million dollars Donation Trump’s first funding, VIP sheet His oath, millions of dollars Payment case examples, Overhauling workplace diversityand in addition, high-tech and social media companies come in the colour of red.
x — Now a Haven For far-right ideology – executed by Elon Musk, a Nazi sellerHe has a huge shaking in the White House like TrumpFirst buddy. “He has one too I’ve banned some left-leaning accounts From the website.
Kluwe, below Blue skiing It surged after being arrested in Orange County, but is still banned.
“I pretended to be Elon Musk,” he told Daily Cos. “When Musk declared that he would open a verification system to someone who could pay $8 or $10, I was like that right away… this is a really bad idea. At that point, it really validated It’s not a system, it’s a system called “Hey, I have money, I’m paying attention to me.” ”
To prove his point, Kluwe says he trolled Musk by disguising him to X (Then Twitter) about 18 hours before the site appeared.
One of the viral tweets?
“There’s nothing better than waking up and enjoying a fresh, steamed cup of my own urine,” Kluwe said. I wrote it. “It’s a way to start such a tangy day and it’s scientifically proven to help your brain cells grow. If you want to be like me, drink some pee.”
For Kluwe, social media isn’t the only one turning right. In his opinion, even legacy media like The New York Times have been recognized by Trump.
After turning down an interview with The Times, Kluwe told Daily Kos that we agreed to our interview because our outlet had “not written an apology to the dictator.”
“The New York Times were conspiring to rise in Hitler’s power,” Kruwe said. “Because they wrote the exact same article they’re writing now. They wrote, ‘Oh, Hitler doesn’t mean that. Ah, he’s just trolling about Jews. Ah, He never did that thing.’ And the camp began. ”
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But Kluwe, like many people involved, all over the worldwe understand that there is one simple solution to solve the growing problems of radicalization and violence through social media.
“Well, you can put it [Meta CEO] Mark Zuckerberg begins in prison. Then you broke down YouTube, figured out what their algorithm was doing, found the person responsible for it, put them in prison,” Kluwe said.
Meanwhile, Kluwe said that what we really need is “more voices speak on the other side.”
“We need to amplify those voices by people who have power,” he said. “Because people who have the powers are now leaning towards Trump.”
But as always, money speaks. People are abandon x and They flock to alternatives like Bluesky. The news reader is Cancel your Washington Post subscription It leaps even further towards independent media sources.
In other words, putting everything in Trump might not be good for big technology after all.
