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libs on Minnesota Reddit were praising this as some epic pwnage - people rolling things down a hill with anti ice slogans on them, and then this bowling pin lineup of 'dictators'
what are we, a bunch of... people who effectively resisted U.S hegemony?
(Trump included because he may have just accelerated it's demise)
So right before the election in 2016, a full two weeks before Trump first says the term, the lib media comes out with "fake news." Almost overnight the entire party with the help of consultants and tech leaders begin this campaign against foreign-led information that counters US propaganda. Libs are told that Russia, China, and others are everywhere online pushing misinformation about how great America is. They're working with Zuck, they're working with Twitter, they're working with reddit. They create new publications and platforms to combat fake news while making sure every lib wine aunt and online liberal nerd is anxiety-ridden about foreign influence.
Trump takes that term and beats the absolute fuck out of Dems with it to the point it's rendered completely useless. The consultancy grift continues, they keep trying to argue about misinfo. As the election comes to pass the consultant grift around Hillary springs into action and with the help of Obummer, start up Russiagate. Trump ascended and is president because of Xi, Putin, and other "bad actors." That language, invented by think tanks, gets completely absorbed by libs and redditors. Now your liberal wine aunt is talking like a CIA intern and stressing out about facebook memes being covert Russian psychic weapons.
We are battling a decade+ of well funded, highly organized propaganda. It seems hopeless and it does suck. However, it is not the end of hope. We can push it the other way but it's going to take time and a lot of annoying conversations.
I always remember that comment Virgil made when doing the Marianne Williamson cold open about wine Aunts "she wont listen to you, she already reported you to the FBI for saying Chelsea Clinton has never had a real job"