Source: The Ramparts
by j.b
“About a year or so ago, videos began circulating on TikTok that showed AI-translated speeches from Hitler. Suddenly, people could hear him in a language they understood, in a way that removed the filter of history’s shorthand. … Ordinary people — teenagers, young men, and women who were not political actors — were reacting not to the horror we all know, but to the speeches as arguments about economics, national revival, and societal structure. … The response from the platforms was swift. The videos were removed. Accounts were banned. Outrage was mounted. That might have stopped the spread, but it didn’t stop the question forming in the minds of those who saw it: Why can’t I hear this? Why am I not allowed to evaluate these ideas for myself? When you tell people they cannot confront certain ideas, you do not extinguish curiosity; you amplify it.” (11/03/25)
https://theramparts.substack.com/p/the-angry-young-men-and-the-soul