And I’m saying that bad actors from a variety of opposing sources have been exploiting our existing social vulnerabilities. Don’t be obtuse, you either know exactly what I’m referencing and it’s making you mad, or you’re dense and ill-informed.
Yes it’s always been a “thing” but over the last couple decades there have been organized efforts to boost and amplify every small social contention, which is why you have the rise of the “men’s movement” and all the stupid nonsense that came with like redpill BS and incel talking points getting amplified across the world. It’s not conspiracy, it’s been documented and we have had a whole operation in our national security agencies to monitor and track down these subversive efforts.
Here, while I’m “taking breath” maybe you can get yourself up to speed:
“Russia is waging an information warfare campaign against the U.S. that didn’t start and didn’t end with the 2016 election. Their goal is broader: to sow societal discord and erode public confidence in the machinery of government. By flooding social media with false reports, conspiracy theories, and trolls, and by exploiting existing divisions, Russia is trying to breed distrust of our democratic institutions and our fellow Americans. While Russia may have been the first to hone the modern disinformation tactics outlined in this report, other adversaries, including China, North Korea, and Iran, are following suit.” - https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/press/senate-intel-committee-releases-bipartisan-report-russia’s-use-social-media
Don’t be ignorant how vulnerable you are to outside influence. They DEPEND on people like you to keep making people shrug and not pay attention as they use our emotions and social issues as weapons to destabilize democracy. What, are you worried you have to DO something about it? Don’t worry, you can keep zoning out and staring at your social media and dumb youtubers being paid by foreign nations to scream about things nobody actually cares about in an effort to make people enraged. You don’t need to feel any feelings of guilt or responsibility here, just don’t keep working for them for free.
And I’m saying that bad actors from a variety of opposing sources have been exploiting our existing social vulnerabilities. Don’t be obtuse, you either know exactly what I’m referencing and it’s making you mad, or you’re dense and ill-informed.
Yes it’s always been a “thing” but over the last couple decades there have been organized efforts to boost and amplify every small social contention, which is why you have the rise of the “men’s movement” and all the stupid nonsense that came with like redpill BS and incel talking points getting amplified across the world. It’s not conspiracy, it’s been documented and we
havehad a whole operation in our national security agencies to monitor and track down these subversive efforts.Here, while I’m “taking breath” maybe you can get yourself up to speed:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/18/how-russia-weaponized-social-media-got-caught-escaped-consequences/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/14/russia-us-politics-social-media-facebook
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/17/russia-used-all-major-social-media-platforms-to-aid-trump-report
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-disrupts-covert-russian-government-sponsored-foreign-malign-influence
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/04/nx-s1-5100329/us-russia-election-interference-bots-2024
Don’t be ignorant how vulnerable you are to outside influence. They DEPEND on people like you to keep making people shrug and not pay attention as they use our emotions and social issues as weapons to destabilize democracy. What, are you worried you have to DO something about it? Don’t worry, you can keep zoning out and staring at your social media and dumb youtubers being paid by foreign nations to scream about things nobody actually cares about in an effort to make people enraged. You don’t need to feel any feelings of guilt or responsibility here, just don’t keep working for them for free.