This user cites multiculturalism and immigration as the tools which have been appropriated by Islam in this phase of the war, which of course implicates the political elite as key players in the conspiracy, as both multiculturalism and immigration are key political projects. Reference is made to a video that the user has shared: Europe 2029, which it should be highlighted, was also shared by other users on the networking sites on four separate occasions over the six month data collection period. The video was undeniably a propaganda tool and it starkly envisions a European continent in 2029 that has been violently taken over by Muslims, who were aided in their conquest by anarchists and leftists. The video interestingly places an emphasis on the role played by Muslims from Africa in this socio-political transformation, therefore extending the boundaries of threat as emanating from a much wider and, perhaps most importantly, a closer (to Europe) arena, in addition to the Middle East. On certain levels the descriptions of Eurabia are similar to classic anti-Semitic criticisms of Jews (Fekete 2012). Indeed this association with anti-Semitic propaganda produced by the Nazi party, which anticipated a Jewish takeover of Germany and ultimately the world, is apparent when watching the Europe 2029 video. The popularity of the video with the networking site users demonstrated that it was of ideological significance to this audience, feeding into the worldview of the networking site users. It most certainly performed to the sense of threat and fear that these people were keen to identify with, in relation to Islamic expansionism. The prospect of Europe 2029 becoming a future reality, whereby the European continent had succumbed to Islam, functioned to consolidate the in-group promoting the need for resistance in order to prevent this doomsday scenario. In this instance a narrative is woven that outlines the decline of key Western European states, implying there was a problem of Islamic subversion inherent to these territories: It’s easy to understand why you feel that way, however, just look at what is happening in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, The Netherlands, France and all over Western Europe. In some cases, they have greater problems than we do. I’m more inclined to believe that this is part of a planned agenda designed to completely break down our European societies and destroy our culture. What the ultimate goal is, I have no idea unless it is a long term plan by the New World Order, controlled by a very small number of elites from politics, banking, the police (Forum user 31)
This user cites multiculturalism and immigration as the tools which have been appropriated by Islam in this phase of the war, which of course implicates the political elite as key players in the conspiracy, as both multiculturalism and immigration are key political projects. Reference is made to a video that the user has shared: Europe 2029, which it should be highlighted, was also shared by other users on the networking sites on four separate occasions over the six month data collection period. The video was undeniably a propaganda tool and it starkly envisions a European continent in 2029 that has been violently taken over by Muslims, who were aided in their conquest by anarchists and leftists. The video interestingly places an emphasis on the role played by Muslims from Africa in this socio-political transformation, therefore extending the boundaries of threat as emanating from a much wider and, perhaps most importantly, a closer (to Europe) arena, in addition to the Middle East. On certain levels the descriptions of Eurabia are similar to classic anti-Semitic criticisms of Jews (Fekete 2012). Indeed this association with anti-Semitic propaganda produced by the Nazi party, which anticipated a Jewish takeover of Germany and ultimately the world, is apparent when watching the Europe 2029 video. The popularity of the video with the networking site users demonstrated that it was of ideological significance to this audience, feeding into the worldview of the networking site users. It most certainly performed to the sense of threat and fear that these people were keen to identify with, in relation to Islamic expansionism. The prospect of Europe 2029 becoming a future reality, whereby the European continent had succumbed to Islam, functioned to consolidate the in-group promoting the need for resistance in order to prevent this doomsday scenario. In this instance a narrative is woven that outlines the decline of key Western European states, implying there was a problem of Islamic subversion inherent to these territories: It’s easy to understand why you feel that way, however, just look at what is happening in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, The Netherlands, France and all over Western Europe. In some cases, they have greater problems than we do. I’m more inclined to believe that this is part of a planned agenda designed to completely break down our European societies and destroy our culture. What the ultimate goal is, I have no idea unless it is a long term plan by the New World Order, controlled by a very small number of elites from politics, banking, the police (Forum user 31)
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