Ok but that is essentially what’s happening.
Ok but that is essentially what’s happening.
What do you want, a secret post saying “haha here is my evil plan to subvert democracy by dividing the left!”
It’s honestly extremely sad that the primary requirement to be a leader is “ability to speak perfectly on stage for 2 hours.”
Sure, if you are comfortable with the moral liability of fascism them we probably don’t get along.
Maybe we don’t associate Biden with fascism frog
That’s my thesis though. These are actual bigots and trolls painting themselves pink.
So pardon me, but it seems like you are saying I could spread actual Nazi ideology as long as I claimed to be trans?
Counterpoint - this is absolutely a community of outside agitators and it was very obvious from day 1.
Counterpoint - these communities are a big part of a concerted right wing effort to divide the left by pushing an extremely insular and extremist version of left wing self parody. A lot of well meaning people buy into it initially and then don’t have the moral courage to step away from it when they are shown its extremist side. That’s why it is not very effective and very dangerous.
Blocking communities and users only makes bad actors more powerful because there are fewer voices pushing back against them. It’s the internet version of sticking your head in the sand because you don’t have the courage to confront evil.
You assume they are operating in good faith. This is the same harm maximization formula the_Donald used to spew hate on reddit for so long. You cannot just give bad actors infinite chances to figure out how you can be soothed and manipulated. You need to cut the cancer out while it is young cancer.
Yes, this place was very obviously a right wing propaganda community from the first day I saw it. It’s amazing so many otherwise smart leftists and progressives continue to fall for this mindless contrarian nonsense. These are trolls trying to divide us, and it’s incredibly obvious to me.
Baltimore’s subway is clearly worse.
Is that something people were asking for?
You can literally travel to China and find out yourself
Lmao. State secrets are a patriotic duty, comrade. But you are right, they could definitely just infiltrate the instance with a sufficient number of terminally online information warriors.
They all have .ml and .world accounts now too. If you dig through hexbear you can find plenty of threads straight up exhorting the creation of troll alts.
Nah, I think Lemmy is treated as a training ground. Think about this - if an actual Russian or Chinese state propaganda agency approached Dessalines and offered to fund Lemmy development in exchange for getting their agents on the admin list, how quickly would he nut himself?
Yes, a significant portion of them are high fiving over their cubicle walls in Russia and China. I am convinced that Lemmy is a training ground for these efforts before they get moved up to Facebook and reddit.
It’s pretty easy to spot the difference between the propagandists and the teenagers though. Teenagers are not well connected to history or world events and clearly just work within their very small bubble of edgy contrariness. The propagandists have a broader self awareness and regurgitate or even connect multiple talking points much more skillfully. Though on Lemmy, “skillfully” needs some qualification, since there is a lot of really bad and transparent propaganda here. Like I said, it’s clearly the practice squad, with a handful of higher profile lieutenants.
Bruh why the fuck are they doing this in the suburbs