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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Almost as if someone was trying to specifically engineer that type of result

I'm gonna start my own little Alex Jones show where I'm convinced everything is a conspiracy

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

obviously i have no proof, but if presented with further evidence of conspiracy i wouldn’t doubt it. probably not even the author’s fault, but more of an “unwitting pawn” situation.

end point, the material consequences of this article being pervasive is an advantage to conservative power, moreso than it is to indigenous people.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, this kinda shit probably wouldn't be that difficult to pull on the other side.

Spin up some bigoted rightwing shithead as a persona to get a conservative audience, then manipulate them to undermine the right's goals. They're already so primed to fall for bullshit conspiracy theories and magical thinking they'd probably be pretty easy to manipulate.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I thought about it. Like create a Truth Social account as be all vocal about “Yay Trump” and “The election is rigged fuck voting I don’t care” and talking up RFK and Qanon and accusing different people of crimes against conservatism if they don’t agree with me.

I decided (1) I’m not quite sure how to go about it or even good strategies, it seems like you need an army of people making 8 rubles an hour or whatever to really make an impact (2) I’m not a whore; just doing destructive lying all day doesn’t seem honorable or fun.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Or (3) it simply would still be facilitating the goal of right wing discourse.

Which is usually the issue at hand. Most right wing discourse is just monkeywrenching progress be it civil, social, scientific, etc. It isn't something you can invert.