It’s wild.

  • morphballganon@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    We see a lot of efforts to convince suckers of absurdities in the US because there’s a lot of economic value in swinging American votes.

    In other countries that either don’t have voting, or don’t have a lot of economic power, there’s less to be gained by befuddling morons.

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      11 months ago

      There is a hidden assumption in your comment: conspiracy theories are intentionally created or reinforced with specific strategic goals.

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          11 months ago

          I think that the majority of conspiracy theories are asroturfed, even those that actually started as grass roots. The Russians clearly admit that reinforcing propaganda rhat sticks, is a big part of their strategy.