• Dr. Moose@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    I used to work in organic growth and it’s crazy what you could do in astroturf or brand growth as just a normal person. To think that governments that cannot be challenged would restrain themselves from using this weapon is sadly too optimistic.

    The reason why EU and US arent so blatant because they can’t just start a troll farm with publics approval.

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      8 hours ago

      The reason why EU and US arent so blatant because they can’t just start a troll farm with publics approval.

      Doesn’t reddit use heavily correspond to US military bases?

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        3 hours ago

        Why would it correspond to military bases? They can pay their people to shit post and host bots from home.

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          Cus with the military you already have a readymade pool of labor to work from, with basicaly zero democratic civilian oversight. Plus, a lot of them live on base.

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      Why would the U.S. need public approval for a troll farm? That shit is highly classified. If you think the U.S. doesn’t do the same thing we accuse Russia and China of doing, I gotta bridge to sell you.