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[–] sleepmode@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Also, the GOP is aging out. The Boomers are thinning. The Silent Generation is all but gone. The skeletons are coming out of the closet all the way up to the Supreme Court.

Information moves too quickly now. They can’t keep the cat in the bag anymore. That’s why they’re snapping up ownership of all the news networks and social media platforms or forcing them to spy on us and figure out who we are. AI can do weeks of research in hours and doesn’t get fatigued by massive releases of documents and every average person can wield it to see for themselves.

Israel is no longer the darling ally in latest polls. And we have no real Big Bad. When they try to manufacture one, we see right through the malarkey.

They know they’re probably done, and maybe forever if they lose this time. Goodbye cushy lifestyles and jobs, and their generational wealth. And of course they will have to answer for all their evil deeds if they are forced to relinquish power to a party that is currently getting lambasted for being do-nothing, hand wavy, arrogant, status-quo keeping corporate shill sellouts.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Also, the GOP is aging out.

You do realize that, while old people die off, additional people become old?

Information moves too quickly now. They can’t keep the cat in the bag anymore.

Propaganda has never been more effective than it is now. It doesn't matter if information gets out if it gets no share of public attention. It's control of the narrative that matters, not the stream of underlying facts. Flooding the zone with shit works.