• wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    Yes, some well-intentioned people may have been duped into spreading the propaganda. The goal of astroturfing is to convince ordinary people of what they’re shilling, ultimately getting others to repeat it.

    The trolls only inject the mind virus, but once it’s accepted by an (un)critical mass, it kinds takes on a life of its own…

    • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlBanned from community
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      2 days ago

      Damn, I wonder how you managed to lose the election with such compelling messages as “anyone who opposes us has been mind controlled by foreigners”

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        Centrists didn’t lose the election. They circumvented the only one they cared about winning: the primaries.

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          16 hours ago

          Indeed; their only objective is to suppress the left. The election was a huge win for them

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      2 days ago

      It’s weird though. One of the accounts I tagged has just become more and more reasonable and I feel like. Idk. They certainly weren’t all bad or deceptive people – and being mean to and about them won’t really help them figure it out … OTOH fuck ppl who do stupid shit because they’re too proud to accept inherent complicity in the evils of the lesser.