• CBYX@feddit.org
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    16 hours ago

    Not sure how everyone hasn’t expected Russia has been doing this the whole time on conservative subreddits…

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      10 hours ago

      Or somebody else is doing the manipulation and is successfully putting the blame on Russia.

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      15 hours ago

      Russia are every bit as active in leftist groups whipping them up into a frenzy too. There was even a case during BLM where the same Russian troll farm organised both a protest and its counter-protest. Don’t think you’re immune to being manipulated to serve Russia’s long-term interests just because you’re not a conservative.

      They don’t care about promoting right-wing views, they care about sowing division. They support Trump because Trump sows division. Their long-term goal is to break American hegemony.

      • Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        7 hours ago

        There have a been a few times over the last few years, that my “bullshit- this is an extemist plant/propaganda” meter has gone off for left leaning individuals.

        Meaning these comments/videos are aimed to look like they are left folks, but are meant to make the left look bad/extremist in order to push people from the working class movements.

        Im truly a layman, but you just know its out there. The goal is indeed to divide us, and everyone should be suspect of everything the see on the Internet and do proper vetting of their sources.

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        10 hours ago

        Yup. We’re all susceptible to joining a cult. No one willingly joins a cult, their group slowly morphs into one.

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        15 hours ago

        The difference is in which groups are consequentially making it their identity and giving one political party carte blanche to break American politics and political norms (and national security orgs).

        100% agree though.

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      16 hours ago

      Mainly I didn’t really expect that since the old methods of propaganda before AI use worked so well for the US conservatives’ self-destructive agenda that it didn’t seem necessary.

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      15 hours ago

      Those of us who are not idiots have known this for a long time.

      They beat the USA without firing a shot.