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      47% are extremely susceptible to disinformation echo chambers.

      The rich have eroded academic institutions and flooded the airwaves, muddying the waters of reality that only those with time and strong critical-thinking skills can parse.

      Put another way: if I was a psychopathic piece of shit I’d know that a dumb electorate is easier to grift and control. So I’d make sure they stay confused, ignorant, and apathetic.

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        I can’t bring myself to listen to or read right wing media for even a second. Anyone that claims Trump is doing a good job will make me fly into a Hulk-like rage.

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          That’s related to Survok Theater, right? Between Dugin and him, the Russian propaganda tactics being used read like an open book. We see the game being played but what are some possible solutions? Must we hope people learn their lesson in the collapse to come?

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              Bummer, I can’t watch that from here in the US. I’ve been slacking on getting a VPN…

              Been wanting to watch the later seasons of The Rise of Nazis, too.

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                Keep an eye on the different ones. I got a sub to Proton Plus for like $3/mon at Thanksgiving time. Plenty of others out there have great deals every once in a while. I hadn’t used a personal VPN for a while, but at this point I see no difference between my non-VPN speeds and speeds when connected.

                Obviously you have to extend some trust to any VPN, but them being Swiss (nationally no obligation to provide logs to anyone, anywhere) and having a strict no-logs policy was attractive to me. Sure, they might be full of shit on those claims, but anyone else might be too.

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      I wonder what percent of them only hear the news that things are going great

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        Probably not many. My uncle listens to right wing podcasts all day. He used to constantly bring up their half informed talking points, but now… Almost nothing, but you can tell every time he does, it’s filled with desperation. Like he NEEDS me to understand he made the right decision. It’s all black tar copium

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            Sounds maybe even open to some kind of olive branch. I don’t expect an apology or admission of wrongdoing from anyone. If they can admit this isn’t what they wanted I’ll take it.

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              Wishful thinking, were talking about people who WANT immigrants to suffer, they don’t care how. The only thing that matters now is that “they” are suffering and that’s unacceptable to them. Tho I can appreciate your desire for a common ground to fight against what’s happening, they hate us, literally just because we care.

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        no felon rigged it, I seen it real time as the machines glitched in my area, I knew WTF happened but I held out hope that someone with power would end this bullshit so if I gotta put in my big boy pants and join in imma fuck up any maga cunt I see