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We have also, over the last 10 years been subject to the biggest Psy op in the history of the world through social media.
Domestic political operatives, China and Russia were literally creating real looking fake news websites and then using fake accounts on Facebook etc to spread misinformation and link to their fake site as proof.
That's just one example but it was incredibly rampant and most of it was just completely ignored by the media.
Not to mention the rampant bots online targeting progressives with "both sides" shit which was made pretty easy as the acting admin was supplying weapons to a genocide being done by a man wanted by the ICC
People stopped watching news and now no one knows what's actually true.
Plus you had right wing news straight up openly lying about crime rates, the economy, and pretty much everything else
I mean, it still is fucking blatantly obvious how insanely awful Trump was so everyone who didn't vote or supported him are still piece of shit idiots but he couldn't have done it without the barrage of misinformation online
This doesn’t make any sense to me, do you have proof of this? I do remember reading about this all those years ago, but I was younger and very naïve. Are you saying China and Russia actively posted ads promoting election fraud? And this is something that was rampant but simultaneously not reported on?
I understand the sentiment some people have, and just like you said before I am also putting in the work but you’re pretending if you say it’s working. We can’t even get local dems to support a homeless shelter because citizens “don’t want it near them”. Well now they’ll still be near you, just living outside. So when you say, “just wait, we’ll vote soon!” As an American, I say you ARWNT DOING NEARLY enough at all. Voting is the LAST thing on your list of responsibilities as a leftist, I’m surprised people still trust the DNC if you’ve seen how they operate locally you could get a taste of how much they care for you as a non-lobbyist or shareholder.