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America Defeats America (theonion.com)

submitted 1 month ago by FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I dont blame russia for this at all. I blame our right wing media apparatus for being dishonest, and lying to middle class working people and poor folks for multiple decades. When you blast people in the face with shit opinions and false information day in and day out and they're desperate to find a way out of shit, they will look to anyone who offers a simple solution. It's always been that way, and we have a number of examples across different countries throughout history to look at where this has also happened.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Yes they did all those things but at the end of the day the voters believed the lies because they wanted to. We (collectively) allowed the lies to replace the truth. That can't be blamed on anyone else.