• Mika@piefed.ca
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    12 days ago

    They willingly cooperate with russia because russia helps them to take power via online botnets. Yeah, they are absolute scum, but you can find those in any society. The problem is foreign interference that gives them voice. Like the one USA now tries to apply to EU countries, boosting the far righters via social media algorithms.

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      11 days ago

      because russia helps them to take power via online botnets

      What makes you think the richest country in the world doesn’t have the power to create such botnets in the first place and relies on Russia?

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        11 days ago

        They have their own botnets but they also use russian ones. It’s not mutually exclusive. The volume of bullshit matters.

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          11 days ago

          Ok, now, do you have reliable numerical information comparing the volume of US vs Russian botnets? And by reliable, I mean taking into account that the US propaganda apparatus is much better funded and refined and less prone to being caught red handed. A good example of a good study would be to compare demonstrably pro-US-geopolitical-interest-netbots vs pro-Russian ones

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            11 days ago

            What does pro-USA propaganda has to do with personal media power of MAGA election campaign? They weren’t even at power to control the state propaganda before they won the elections.