Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
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A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
  • mycodesucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    14 hours ago

    This is it, huh? This year is just nothing but headlines of crap people already know as we ride the express train to hell?

    And there’s no way Elon didn’t know beforehand. This was just to show everyone that nobody is going to do anything about it.

    • dvoraqs@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      14 hours ago

      I don’t think people actually knew this, especially the fans it would matter to the most. People have blinders up of confirmation bias that filters out what they hear to pick up just the words that support their pre-existing ideas. Despite this, I hope it can be one realization that penetrates through their defenses and causes them to ask important questions again.

      Also I wouldn’t put it past Elon to be short-sighted.

  • etherphon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    10 hours ago

    No one should be listening to some random idiots who figured out how to game the algorithms anyways, but surprise.

  • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    12 hours ago

    MAGA will probably manipulate themselves into believing the whole world wants to be part of their cult.

    • FauxLiving@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      8 hours ago

      It’s a pretty core belief in MAGA that they’re they represent the vast majority of people who would have had political power if not for the conspiracy of “powerful people who control everything” (White Nationalist racist dog whistles) who import minorities and rig elections to hold onto power so they can run their child sex rings.

      It’s easy to make anything conspiratorial when you’ve got people with those beliefs. “How could the left win at the mid-terms if we know that MAGA is 95% of the country?” “MORE PROOF OF CONSPIRACY!!!”