All this fear of Russian propaganda but nobody in the US government talks about the localized corporate propaganda that’s a far bigger threat to the US and the world at large.

Bernie and AOC used to, but Bernie seems to have given up, and AOC is looking out for her career now. Tulsi Gabbard used to too but I don’t even know what her deal is anymore.

What irritates me is that I know whatever Ben Shapiro said on his show every week because the exact same words come out of people I know’s mouths that week. It’s such low effort, easily identified propaganda. I don’t understand why it works so well. Like I don’t get it at all.

The radicalization towards the right is what disturbs me the most. I am a blue collar working class person from a small town in a very conservative province, and I don’t understand at all how everything that’s happened has not radicalized people overwhelmingly towards left wing economics.

I blame most of it on culture war bullshit honestly, but a large part of me is just disappointed in how overwhelmingly stupid and easily manipulated a lot of my friends and family seem to be. The writing is on the wall as far as I can tell. I read a lot of books on economics and history and politics, and I don’t expect everyone to do that, but even before I got into reading about that shit I could tell that something was very wrong with how right wing pundits pushed their shit. It irritates me to no end having to explain these things in person to people I otherwise respect, see them talk about it and internalize it, and then two days later see them devolve right back into the same right wing propagandized mentality. Idk man, it’s disheartening.

Yeah I mean, I know why.

But it should be obvious to people when they see stuff like this and the heritage fund and other similar groups that it’s obvious propaganda efforts from the elites, and you think that alone would push people left.

But often times it doesn’t. And I don’t know how to fix that.

When I first learned about the IDU I was pretty horrified. Why are there all these big money right wing groups dedicated to pushing the world to be more right wing and zero left wing counterparts for it?

Wait, actually? What the hell is the reasoning behind that? How did Americans vote him back in after that?

Man whatever weird psyop you’re trying to pull isn’t working here.

Either way I just don’t think you’re worth talking to, because trans or not, you’re behaving like a huge asshole.

You just called me a terf, which I’m not, for absolutely no reason. So whereas I didn’t actually care before, I’m inclined to believe them now. None of the trans people I know throw around the term “terf” like that at literally anyone.

I don’t get into arguments about culture war bullshit anyway. Thanks for the heads up tho.

I haven’t seen a lot of transphobia here.

The genocide rationalization is an issue I’ve noticed.

lol seriously. He has shown in a very stark way that the rich are above the law in the US. You can literally try to overthrow the government and then threaten and slander judges and their families and still not go to prison if you’re rich.

You would assume that slandering a judges daughter while he was presiding over your case would land you in jail quickly.

I’m sure if I, a poor, did it, it sure would.

Yeah honestly the people at Lemmy are mostly great.

I think the difference is that the people on Lemmy seem in general to be smarter than other places, generally people actually seem to want to discuss rather than argue.

Not that there aren’t dumb assholes on Lemmy. I mean, I’m here.

It’s like when I found out how Lance Armstrong cheated in those bike races by giving himself blood transfusions while he was racing.

I was like “yeah, but like… still pretty impressive” lol

Yeah. I feel like Biden did that because he knew he could divert all the military funding directly into the Ukraine situation and not piss off his Raytheon people.

Biden pulled out of Afghanistan, not Trump.

I don’t think you should put dogs through chemo. I also don’t think Bloomberg is anything but evil pro corporate propaganda. And thirstily jamming the cocks of the elites down your throat every chance you get is cowardly and shameful and I’m not going to pretend that it isn’t.

Also, trying to give a dog medical attention isn’t animal abuse that deserves jail time, shut up forever with that shit. What a stupid thing to say.

Yes, it is, and you’re a huge bootlicker for trying to side with fucking Bloomberg, of all sources.

Yeah. Although I doubt Americans will ever have the balls to actually properly revolt. By the time it would get bad enough for them to actually consider taking up arms seriously there will be robot dog armies and it will be moot.

I hope I’m wrong though.