If fascism taught us anything, it is our susceptibility to demonising stereotypes and the ugly attraction of emotions like righteousness, fear, envy and loathing that they arouse in us. In our technofeudal world, the internet brings the feared and loathed ‘other’ closer, right in your face. And because online violence seems bloodless and anodyne, we are more likely to respond to this ‘other’ online with taunting, inhuman language and bile. Bigotry is technofeudalism’s emotional compensation for the frustrations and anxieties we experience in relation to identity and focus. Comment moderators
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