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Jreg: Post-Ironic Hyper-Political Extremism | Doomscroll



My guest is @JREG or Greg Guevara as he is known offline. Jreg is a popular YouTube creator who explores online radical politics.

Greg joins me to discuss our shared fascination with incredibly niche ideologies that only exist online. We explore social atomization as a political project and agree that taking the friend pill is the best advice you can find.

0:00 Intro
0:37 New patch update for politics
5:40 Jamaal Bowman campaign
8:35 Post-irony
15:15 Subculture & sub-categories
25:08 Exploring online politics
34:44 Trust in the mainstream media?
39:31 Political realignment
48:25 Real community
59:09 Social atomization
1:04:52 Al vs Primitivism
1:12:45 The life of an artist

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  1. I'm 42, and I understand, but at the same time I was pretty firm to where I lean before I left High School. I'm sure it was more due to my love of History and Psychology and how the human condition has moved through the ages. Also Pro Bell Riots and Irish Unification.

  2. Holy golly willikers, this is like the essence of "terminally online" distilled into its most purest form. Of course some dude who can only speak in memes because all socialization comes from online spaces thinks that everyone has become some sort of ideological purist /extremist.

    This is the problem of the internet: it creates endless opportunities to craft your own reality and find other similar people who will agree and push you along. But wait! There's a simple cure – it's the thing ruminants crave – just go and touch it!

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