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[-] Serinus@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

The US government as a whole, comparatively, are the good guys in this. The US government is pretty cautious and tends to shy away from spreading propaganda to its own people.

There are a lot of caveats there, absolutely. I'll get into some of those. But let's not pretend the US government is on par with the Russian or Chinese governments when it comes to social media propaganda.

The GOP being in bed with the Russians and collaboratively pushing narratives is not being done on behalf of the government. And I doubt whatever is happening at Elgin is targeting Americans.

[-] dingus@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

And I doubt whatever is happening at Elgin is targeting Americans.

I don't think "not targeting their own citizens" is quite the flex you think it is when it comes to pushing disinformation and misinformation.

[-] gizzle@reddthat.com 1 points 11 months ago
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