I honestly do believe there are accounts out there whose main purpose is to make us all hate each other more and more. I don't know if they're russian or whatever, but it's not crazy to think a foreign power would be happier with us all at each other's throats than banded together.
The Russian bot farms are real (as are other countries' similar projects), it just sucks that it's co-opted to dismiss any criticism as being state-funded propaganda. It obviously doesn't help that they utilize the same language and highlight the same problems as actual leftist do (for obvious reasons, they don't have to lie).
I have to say, US has perfected the propaganda machine, they don't even have to do state-sponsored shit (even though they still do it) since all the "free and open" media just parrots their shit willingly since it benefits their owners.
It is crazy. There's also the herd mentality. When enough people see troll posts cracking a joke and getting a bunch of likes, they'll repeat it. Eventually the trolls barely even have to work because real people join in and start saying the same shit the trolls are.
I honestly do believe there are accounts out there whose main purpose is to make us all hate each other more and more. I don't know if they're russian or whatever, but it's not crazy to think a foreign power would be happier with us all at each other's throats than banded together.
The Russian bot farms are real (as are other countries' similar projects), it just sucks that it's co-opted to dismiss any criticism as being state-funded propaganda. It obviously doesn't help that they utilize the same language and highlight the same problems as actual leftist do (for obvious reasons, they don't have to lie).
I have to say, US has perfected the propaganda machine, they don't even have to do state-sponsored shit (even though they still do it) since all the "free and open" media just parrots their shit willingly since it benefits their owners.
It is crazy. There's also the herd mentality. When enough people see troll posts cracking a joke and getting a bunch of likes, they'll repeat it. Eventually the trolls barely even have to work because real people join in and start saying the same shit the trolls are.