Linda Sadacka
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From the Colosseum to the Algorithm

Image originally published by the New York Post. Used here for commentary and reporting purposes.
The image shows far-right activist Nick Fuentes and social media personality Andrew Tate at a party where attendees were filmed celebrating to a song by Kanye West that included explicit Nazi praise, according to the New York Post.

If you watched the viral video from the nightclub this week, you already know the country crossed another line.

Men chanting the name of history’s most notorious mass murderer as entertainment. Laughing. Filming themselves. Surrounded by a crowd that treated it like background noise.

The most disturbing part was not what they said.

It was that no one reacted.

No outrage.

No recoil.

No walkouts.

That is the proof of the crime.

This is not rebellion.

It is rot.

A healthy civilization does not turn its executioners into entertainment.

Many of the men chanting in that room would have been the first loaded onto the trains. They were cheering for an ideology that would have erased them.

That is not defiance.

That is cultural illiteracy bordering on self-contempt.

The West once had taboos. Not because it was fragile, but because it was civilized. Certain lines were not crossed. Certain names were not turned into party slogans. Certain evils were not recycled as amusement.

Those limits are gone.

Now transgression is virtue. Desecration is status. And the more poisonous the symbol, the louder the applause.

This was not about music.

It was about power.

About proving that nothing is sacred.

That history means nothing.

That suffering is a prop.

That Jews can again be used as the world’s most reliable pressure point.

This was intentional.

They know exactly what they are invoking. They do it because antisemitism still delivers what this culture rewards most: attention, fear, and submission.

This is not free expression.

It is cultural sabotage.

And it is not new.

Rome did not fall only because barbarians gathered at the gates.

It fell because Romans were trained to crave the Colosseum.

The blood was not accidental. The savagery was not spontaneous. It was engineered. The empire learned that nothing held attention like violence, humiliation, and death, so it fed the crowd more of it.

The more grotesque the spectacle, the fuller the seats.

The fuller the seats, the more depraved the show became.

That feedback loop hollowed out a civilization.

Citizens stopped demanding virtue. They demanded stimulation. They stopped defending Rome. They consumed it.

That is not ancient history.

That is the algorithm.

In 2026, blood has been replaced by symbols. Violence by desecration. Gladiators by Jews turned into props for attention.

Same mechanism.

Same decay.

Same outcome.

Only the arena is digital now.

And the empire calls it “engagement.”

A civilization that no longer believes in its moral authority begins flirting with its enemies, mocking its past, and degrading its foundations.

That is not openness.

That is suicide in slow motion.

They kept the parties.

They kept the markets.

They kept the entertainment.

They abandoned the will to survive.

Different century.

Same collapse pattern.

The empire no longer needs marble arenas. It has feeds, followers, and an algorithm that rewards the worst instincts of the crowd.
About the Author
About the Author Linda Argalgi Sadacka is a writer, political activist, and community leader. She is the CEO of the New York Jewish Council and founder of Chasdei David, a 501(c)(3) charity. Her advocacy, sparked by the tragic murder of a close friend by Hamas, has made her a leading voice for the Jewish community in America and abroad. She was honored as a Woman of Distinction in 2022 by Senator Simcha Felder for her leadership and activism. Linda is also the host of [The Silent Revolution](https://open.spotify.com/show/4sf7haieSCN54b6GCAOp3E) on Spotify, where she shares weekly classes blending Torah, prayer, and real-world reflection, making ancient wisdom urgent and relevant for our times.
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