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• frank@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I wonder how many of those were Russian bots

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  • blind3rdeye@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Previously I thought almost all of them were, but then I found out that someone I’ve known for years hold that view. Any mention that maybe voting for the democrats would be a good idea results in an angry speech about genocide; which somehow (I’m not sure how) even has them lean towards Trump.

    I appreciate the staunch opposition to genocide. But its kind of weird to see someone take a single issue so strongly to heart that their reasoning ends up inverted such that the candidate they favour is worse even on their one issue.

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    • frank@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yeah, that’s totally fair. I mean, I guess it’s just a bot once removed, bots influencing your friend to swing to fascism

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  • Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I don’t think Lemmy was really big enough to have THAT many bots. And at least of the ones I saw, if they were bots they’re doing an incredibly good job of making them blend, since many had a history of generally normal commenting before that time, and have continued posting normally since.

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    • frank@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That’s very true. Bots once/twice removed? Like bots influencing the people posting here?

      I can’t imagine you get to that conclusion alone

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  • irreticent@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That reminds me, I wonder what @Linkerbaan@lemmy.world is up to these days.

    Paging @linkerbaan@lemmy.ml.

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    • frank@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      8000 comments in 9 months, dead silent shortly after the election.

      Jesus.

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• MellowYellow13@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You need an actual opposition party then. Blaming non voters is the dumbest thing you can fucking do and will make your situation worse and worse

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  • blind3rdeye@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The opposition party could obviously be better, but I think they were strong enough that “no preference” wasn’t the right choice. (After all, choosing not to vote is essentially a vote that says “I don’t care who wins”.)

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    • peppers_ghost@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Democrats are voting some of the people in that trump is suggesting for roles. They’re enabling this shit too

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  • bent_on_mycelial_growth@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Right, because the people who voted against trump are the ones that can–in a single election–dismantle and oppressive two party system crafted by an oligarchy feeding people the illusion of choice so they won’t riot. Of course the few of us who understand this and actually voted for the candidate with the best shot are able to do this. And of course we should have done this before all of the mass voter fraud being uncovered could lead to Trump taking an office he didn’t actually win. You’re absolutely right. Let me call everyone up and let them know we need to regroup.

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    • MellowYellow13@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You have no opposition party in America, your two party system also is a huge problem.

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      • MisanthropiCynic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Exactly. And you have people like me who refused to vote for Democrats because while they might not be as horrible as Donald Trump, there is still too much wrong with them for me to support them. I get called a Tankie bot whether I don’t vote or I vote third-party so fuck the DNC

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      • bent_on_mycelial_growth@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Correct. This is a major problem. The point is that it wasn’t made by the people, and the few of us who understand how problematic it is can’t simply make a new party and have it be successful. That doesn’t fix the two party system. America is a shit show, but some of us are doing what we can, and that isn’t enough but that’s not our faults.

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  • AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I agree.

    Labor party, Democrat, republican/ conservative, maga, etc. . And cut it out with this D/R bullshit. It’s maddening. There are people that have a serious moral issue casting a vote for some of the choices given.

    I’m sure a lot of the people who sat it out are more informed and upset with what is going on than some of those that “chose the lesser evil”. They have every right to be furious.

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• MisanthropiCynic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The DNC are Nazis that just focus on different issues

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  • Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    We all know opinions are like assholes, but this one wasn’t even wiped

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    • MisanthropiCynic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The lesser of two evils is still evil

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      • Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        The argument was more charmingly made by Geralt of Rivia, but the only potion you’ve got is Flavor Aid.

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• nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Nazis would have won either way

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