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Unruffled [they/them] ( Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) M to Fediverse vs Disinformation@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year ago

Is it just me, or is there a distinct lack of subtlety in right wing propaganda campaigns recently?

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Is it just me, or is there a distinct lack of subtlety in right wing propaganda campaigns recently?

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Unruffled [they/them] ( Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) M to Fediverse vs Disinformation@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year ago
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    • thisbenzingring ( thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org ) 
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      i bet none of them would answer the same way if you asked them what a 3rd world country is

    • Jack Riddle[Any/All] ( jackr@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      This one is a lot more explicit, which is not a great sign(as if the rest of everything else right now was)

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    HateGPT

  • AccountMaker ( AccountMaker@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    It’s jarringly obvious that they are just told what to say.

    Reminds me of propaganda workers in Serbia that sometimes copy their messages along with additional instructions, so you’d see something like “LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT but change it a bit so that it’s not all the same” in the comments of news platforms.

  • jjjalljs ( jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ) 
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    It seems to work. People, all of us, are kind of stupid and when we hear things repeated we remember them. None of us are immune to propaganda.

    Repeating something simple, and false, that appeals to emotions is going to have a bigger impact than something longer and complicated.

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  • Bluefalcon ( Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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    The nice thing about being a Russian asset? Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V all day.

  • Generic_Idiot ( Generic_Idiot@lemm.ee ) 
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    lol America may as well be a “third world country”

    Why would anyone from a developed country come to the rapidly deteriorating US?

    Idiocracy.

    • Almacca ( Almacca@aussie.zone ) 
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      I’ve been saying for a while that America is an undeveloping nation.

  • ILikeBoobies ( ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ) 
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    ban illegal immigration

    It is banned, that’s why it’s illegal

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    I mean, they don’t need to convince their base when it is comprised of loyal cultists.

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    Most con shit is stupid by design, like those scam emails that are deliberately written in broken English so that only stupid people will fall for them. Why would they bother writing something complex when they need an army of morons to lap up the talking points?

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    All those problems are the result of corporate greed.

  • Ledericas ( Ledericas@lemm.ee ) 
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    its because they are getting thier talking points from putin, who is paying all of thier income.

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    Like the white South Africans right? Right?!

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    If public services are underfunded, why are Trump and the Reds cutting those services?

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      That’s why they failed to save practically any money after cutting those services

      They cut some incredibly cheap incredibly effective programs

      The big money goes to big companies and petrochemical companies

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    Scruffy astroturfers!

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