Comment by zaptheimpaler
8 days ago
I'd like to believe this is true. Maybe all the shit is just increasing disconnection between media portrayals and reality.
8 days ago
I'd like to believe this is true. Maybe all the shit is just increasing disconnection between media portrayals and reality.
I have receipts for every point, just didn't want to post a wall of links.
It's not just emergent disconnection, there are many documented cases ([1][2][3] etc) of nation states trying to sow division and fear. The impression that you got is a good example of them succeeding.
[1]: https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/dozens-of-pro-indy-accounts-...
[2]: https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/news/new-whitepaper-telling-c...
[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_web_brigades