Why Australian white supremacists and neo-Nazis are 'delighted' with the coronavirus outbreak.
As global disinformation and conspiracy theories around coronavirus are on the rise, some in the far-right in Australia have welcomed the virus as a means of achieving political objectives.
“Accelerationism is a strategy to achieve their ideology. They believe you need to capitalise on social unrest and destabilise the state. Turn people against each other and rupture community cohesion,” she said.“Quite a bit of chatter online is increasingly looking at this as a way to achieve ideological goals. COVID is very much being exploited by that.
These posts have been seen by SBS News and include material blaming Asian-Australians for the virus and calling for an end to multiculturalism.
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