The Dark Subcultures of Online Politics - Joshua Citarella (Video)
In this 13 December 2025 published Modern Wisdom video, host Chris Williamson talks with, an artist, writer, and cultural researcher focused on internet subcultures and online politics.
We’ve all doom-scrolled our fair share of online politics, some of it funny, some unsettling, and some surprisingly insightful. But which internet subcultures are actually shaping political ideas, how serious are they, and do they truly influence real-world policy?
Expect to learn what’s happening with young people and politics at the moment and why it’s qualitatively different than the past, the weirdest subcultures on the internet that move politics, how online radicalisation actually happens, how internet subcultures actively produce or accelerate political beliefs and identity formation, why Joshua thinks “conservatism is the new punk rock” and more.
https://youtu.be/qNCHDE1vgS8
- 0:00 The Impressionable Minds That Decide Our Destiny
- 5:31 The Radicalisation Train is Speeding Up
- 19:04 How Radicalisation Evolves
- 26:13 How Small, Strange Communities Control Beliefs
- 37:33 What Memes Reveal About Modern Ideology
- 49:06 The Most Important Ideas to Watch Out For
- 53:24 How Dark Does the Left Go?
- 01:04:14 Power, Authority and the Trump–Mamdani Showdown
- 01:09:08 Do Environmental Protests Do More Harm Than Good?
- 01:20:15 Does the Left Have Space for Men?
- 01:31:55 How Chris’s Health Has Impacted His Worldview
- 01:52:38 Staying Informed in Uncertain Times
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