Lemmy is being bombarded with US “politics” lately.
I keep adding filters but it’s not enough to fight all the -definitelly organic totally not posted by bots- american propaganda.
Ah yes, people in the US are angry because of those darned Chinese and not because everything doubled in price, they can’t afford rent, they’re worked to death, and their political choices are between a death cult and a do-nothing party.
It can be from numerous sources. What you listed above are the flames already ignited, CCP and Russia are simply fanning them. Ironically, Facebook et al. do the same thing, as studies have proven that generating outrage is one of the most effective engagement tools for getting clicks, which means more time spent on their sites for users to see/potentially engage with advertisements.
100%, but as a non american watching the situation it seems to be far more polarised than anything ive seen. Also seen some very interesting charts showing the polarisation in voting being very extreme compared to historical data. Not sure if thats just a product of the digital age tho?
NTD.com, or New Tang News, is a Falun Gong-funded organization founded in NYC in 2001. It is owned by Epoch Media Group, the owners of the Epoch Times. It leans strongly right and does not check its facts. While still potentially capable of reporting true things, this is one of the least reliable sources out there.
Two can play at that game. I play my part by shitting on CCP on 4chan. They have many paid shills there who hang out at /pol/. Just a little bit of that old ultratrolling to get under their skin.
Red scare propaganda bullshit, the duopoly weaponizing identity politics is whats fueling people being angry with each other. They have us fighting bullshit culture wars while the ruling class is laser focused on waging class war.
Totally expected from right wing fascist Falun Gong.
Most of the disinformation we’re exposed to comes from billionaires, whose goal is to keep the lower and middle classes fighting with each other so that they . . . the rich . . . can run off with all the f*cking money.
A while back I caught my Arabic relatives from the old country trading a Facebook article about how 7 of the 9 US Supreme Court justices were Jewish, proving that the US is a puppet of the Jews. I had to use the translate feature to understand what they were talking about, but they all speak English and I showed them definitive evidence of the religious affiliation of every justice, demonstrating that they were not 7/9 Jewish.
They said “okay maybe not.”
I said “So maybe the US isn’t a puppet of a Jewish conspiracy?”
They said “oh no, it definitely still is.”
People are 100% out there manufacturing disinformation to advance their agendas, and for Russia and China, the polarizing rancor in the US is an agenda unto itself.
And we are incredibly susceptible to this. It will only change with critical thinking skills among the general populace. I forged mine in the decades prior to the internet even existing. I have zero notion how anyone forges theirs today, growing up in a roiling soup of disinformation.
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Lemmy is being bombarded with US “politics” lately. I keep adding filters but it’s not enough to fight all the -definitelly organic totally not posted by bots- american propaganda.
Ah yes, people in the US are angry because of those darned Chinese and not because everything doubled in price, they can’t afford rent, they’re worked to death, and their political choices are between a death cult and a do-nothing party.
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It can be from numerous sources. What you listed above are the flames already ignited, CCP and Russia are simply fanning them. Ironically, Facebook et al. do the same thing, as studies have proven that generating outrage is one of the most effective engagement tools for getting clicks, which means more time spent on their sites for users to see/potentially engage with advertisements.
Whatever and whomever is doing it it’s definitely working.
Well, people like Newt and Rush have been at it a long time, so we probably don’t need that much help.
lol. lmao, even.
Don’t forget Russia
It’s funny, around 2015 I quit Facebook when I noticed that every time I topped that little f icon, I’d end up angry a few minutes later.
Then I noticed it with my dad. I brought it up with friends and they noticed it too.
It feels like what makes us angry is for sale, and we’re being delivered it nonstop to drive engagement, divide us, further political agendas.
It feels like some weird scifi
Idk if it’s related but rage bait is a thing outside of geopolitical interests. YouTube, every news outlet, TV shows, et al.
Negativity sells, and there’s a reason for it.
Seems to be working unfortunately.
We have more in common than everyone wants to believe.
But of course that doesn’t make headlines.
100%, but as a non american watching the situation it seems to be far more polarised than anything ive seen. Also seen some very interesting charts showing the polarisation in voting being very extreme compared to historical data. Not sure if thats just a product of the digital age tho?
Can someone show me one example of CCP propaganda aimed towards an American audience?
Lemmygrad
NTD.com, or New Tang News, is a Falun Gong-funded organization founded in NYC in 2001. It is owned by Epoch Media Group, the owners of the Epoch Times. It leans strongly right and does not check its facts. While still potentially capable of reporting true things, this is one of the least reliable sources out there.
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/ntd-tv-new-tang-dynasty/
Falun Gong is basically Chinese Fascist Scientology.
However, the things that the China regime does to Falun Gong members are still crimes against humanity.
Both of those things can be true at the same time.
yea im a communist but all cops are pigs lmao. even ones who supposedly are also party members
Epoch Times is some extremely effective fascist propaganda too btw
Two can play at that game. I play my part by shitting on CCP on 4chan. They have many paid shills there who hang out at /pol/. Just a little bit of that old ultratrolling to get under their skin.
This isn’t news, this has been known since before the pandemic. The anti mask and anti vaccine was all them. That’s not new lol
Red scare propaganda bullshit, the duopoly weaponizing identity politics is whats fueling people being angry with each other. They have us fighting bullshit culture wars while the ruling class is laser focused on waging class war.
Totally expected from right wing fascist Falun Gong.
Most of the disinformation we’re exposed to comes from billionaires, whose goal is to keep the lower and middle classes fighting with each other so that they . . . the rich . . . can run off with all the f*cking money.
A while back I caught my Arabic relatives from the old country trading a Facebook article about how 7 of the 9 US Supreme Court justices were Jewish, proving that the US is a puppet of the Jews. I had to use the translate feature to understand what they were talking about, but they all speak English and I showed them definitive evidence of the religious affiliation of every justice, demonstrating that they were not 7/9 Jewish.
They said “okay maybe not.”
I said “So maybe the US isn’t a puppet of a Jewish conspiracy?”
They said “oh no, it definitely still is.”
People are 100% out there manufacturing disinformation to advance their agendas, and for Russia and China, the polarizing rancor in the US is an agenda unto itself.
And we are incredibly susceptible to this. It will only change with critical thinking skills among the general populace. I forged mine in the decades prior to the internet even existing. I have zero notion how anyone forges theirs today, growing up in a roiling soup of disinformation.