The scary thing about fascism is that is has an uncanny ability to hide amongst reasonable arguments. Take this video, for example :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU6CuSMzNus

This is cryptofascist propaganda. It primes you, the unwitting viewer, by touching upon a current frustration with the way things are today as far as online communication is concerned. And those are legitimate concerns, don't get me wrong, corporate monopolies controlling the discourse, spying on you for profit and political status quo maintenance are ALL things we should be fighting.

However, things start to go wrong, when you realize that a lot of the voices he's been amplifying are the voices of popular Youtubers, a lot of whom are part of the cryptofascist skeptic community. Then, there's the reminiscing of the old bygone era of the internet, with the implicit desire to enact a palingenesis of the online culture circa 2007. Calling it the "golden age" of the internet.

Here's the truth, there are no golden ages of the internet, every era has its own set of issues and problems, and I can tell you that 13 years ago, the internet was a toxic cesspit of neoliberalism, where online american jingoism started becoming popular, not to mention all the normalized homophobia, transphobia, misogyny and ableism running rampant.

@FreyaManibrandr Even Eternal September and before (Only really have experience with the former, not for lack of trying) had their issues. Just... different ones. The increasing tide of people who didn't know the etiquette instead of a rejection of the idea etiquette can apply. A lack of meaningful ways to deal with trolls. (Anyone remember newsgroup Killfiles? And what it could be like if you didn't know how to make one?) The fragmentation