We're Addicted to Ragebait - Jameela Jamil

We are addicted to ragebait - Jameela Jamil dropped serious bars in the latest What’s Left? pod!

Short Form content is information crack. We’re hooked on it, even though doomscrolling leaves us feeling empty.

Your da’ gets sunday scaries now - isn’t that mad.

But what’s even more mental is hosting Jameela on the podcast discussing what the hell is left?! Thanks for coming Jam 🤝

A legend who has experienced the culture war from the eye of the hurricane. Conquered London + LA. A megaphone for millions, whose voice is valued by many across the activist base.

Our chat meandered from populism to relationships to the influencers shaping modern culture. But the common thread that tied it together was the spectre of ragebait.

In echo chamber freefall, we are ploughed with ragebait content, intoxicating us with something to hate and fear.

Is the algorithm just holding a mirror up to ourselves, like the social media bosses want us to believe? Or are we in fact being sold an identity, that doubles as a product - constantly?

We discussed how the Right looks for converts, while the Left indefatigably looks for traitors. Infighting has naturally been the achilles heel of the Left. Now, we must look for unity as we dive headfirst into a fight against international populism.

If we are indeed addicted to division, I urge us to remind ourselves: recovery is about progression, not perfection.

Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:43 Why Jameela is an Advocate not an Activist 09:33 How the Left gets Ragebaited 16:40 Building a Left Co-alition 25:10 Populism and Anti-System Feeling 31:10 Bonnie Blue Documentary + Being Deepfaked 37:28 Challenging Misogyny 46:10 Algorithms are Exploiting Us 51:15 The Reality of VAWG 58:10 Ending Polarisation

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