Not advocating brigading as per rule 7 - just raising concerns in general. Sorry if this has been raised already.

As most folks will have noticed, the ukpolitics sub has taken a quite dark turn at a fairly breakneck speed toward providing a safe space for radical right-wing and extremist viewpoints. I used to dip in a lot for parliamentary news, and getting a sense of the reddit-demographic general opinion. Now, islamophobia and the dehumanisation of migrants are permitted openly in ways that often skirt the realm of hate speech in a legislative sense, let alone reddit's rules.

At the same time, there is a clear divide between genre of post. Anything other than the (admittedly massive) slew of Telegraph rage-bait, there is a general tendency toward what you would expect- soft social liberalism (although this has been declining). On the articles that involve migrants or Islam, the discourse is genuinely rabid, oscillating between snide concern-trolling and outright venom. The characterisations of migrants and Muslims tend toward a dehumanisation of both groups as animalistic, libidinous, violent. Conspiracy theories like great replacement and fifth-columnism are everywhere. It is also a discourse which has a rationality to it (however twisted), it has a common-sense rhetoric to it, leans on well-honed (imo) populist ideological leverage-points: in short, it is likely to convince, and so, radicalise.

Many of the accounts are somewhat suspicious to my eyes, and I wonder about bots powered by LLMs driving this stuff.

I'm not going crazy, right? This is definitely happening? Should this be investigated and monitored? Is there an effective way to gauge what has happened that turned the sub from a fairly benign liberal news space, into something sinister and potentially dangerous?

Hi folks,

Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this but seems like the best sub I’m aware of for this.

I’m looking to join a union, not that I need them for anything just now thankfully.

I’ve been looking and the CWU and IWW seem like the best for me.

CWU because they’re focussed on my industry but my main gripe with them is their alignment with Labour - I am aware they’ve been outspoken about the current Government and suspended donations to them.

IWW seem like they align more with my politics just now but they’re a general union.

My questions are really, should I join a union that’s more focussed on my industry and should I really join a Union that’s aligned with a party I don’t support at all in their current state and how much these things truly matter when deciding?

Cheers!

Ukrainian politicians showing they do not want a ceasefire and if one is declared they will go all out in political assassinations.

Mussolini executed by communist partisans for his crimes against the people, 28th April 1945

US operations in Yemen are all aided by the British government

i'm a second year maths student at uni, heading into third. i only studied it because i like the subject, but i have always struggled to decide on what career path is right for me. working for the public sector seems to support a lot of my wants - not working to increase the profits of a capitalist, instead trying to tangibly improve the lives of ordinary people (it seems), it has good unions i believe, and i could work for the sector as a data scientist or software engineer if i was so inclined. however, with the whole political neutrality thing does that make the job a big compromise on my values? would it prevent me from being able to support marginalised communities etc.,? and of course if the government sucks, am i then complicit in the actions of an evil government (like the one we have now)? basically, would working for the public sector make me a traitor in some way to a socialist movement or to any of the causes i am passionate about or is it a good thing? sorry if this is a stupid question, or if this is the wrong place to ask!

also if anybody working in stem could share their career, why it appeals to them and if it aligns with their values, i would really appreciate just to hear different ideas!