Thread by @michael1_1618

When social media came out, suddenly the whole world could instantly communicate...you're out your mind if you dont think foreign intelligence didnt jump right onto this perfect way to spread propaganda.

They've been studying American culture for decades & knew exactly the type of people to target & knew how to influence them.

Enter the 9-11 Truth Movement which had some legitimate questions. It was the right wing neocons who botched the 9-11 Commission & left so many unanswered questions...

The emerging hard-right...using KGB influence tactics infiltrated & took over the Truth Movement & shortly after that, Alex Jones & those types were all over it.

Enter "Moon Hoaxers," "Flat Earthers," etc & their YouTube videos. Playing off the fact that the US Govt had actually done shady things...now they have thousands dupes believing all kinds of crazy shit. It was truly an assault on the very nature of reality.

When people belive the reality they once knew can be so elaborately fabricated...no amount of proof will change their mind.

The Russians have always been masters at weaponizing human psychology & since the GOP had been chipping away at the American public education system for decades, Americans were ill prepared for an attack like this

The GOP's true political ideology & agenda at its core is purely to serve the extremely wealthy, to abolish any part of govt that stands to regulate corporate practices, & to essentially start an oligarchy. Anything else they claim to care about is just to manipulate ppl

Being highly unpopular at a national level, they've employed every rotten trick from the pages of authoritarian doctrines across all of history. They do it because they would cease to exist otherwise.

Theres just not enough billionaires to give them votes so they manipulate the fears, insecurities, & prejudices of normal Americans.

You can bet your ass they've been in league with the Russians...probably for quite a long time. Their voter suppression tactics, propaganda & influence operations etc needed an added boost to elect Trump.

Remember the 2000 election & the shit that went down in Florida? Then later after Obama was elected, remember the emergence of the Tea Party? Here in TN, ppl fall for their bullshit head over heals.

They've created a problem thats been festering for a long time. Its a plague on American culture. Fox News propagnda etc has brought America to its knees almost.

This is why I say Trump himself isnt necessarily the greatest threat to America. He may be the most immediate threat...but the GOP & their propaganda outlets like Fox News are definitely the greatest threat & something needs to be done immediately

The organization known as the GOP or Republican party needs to be abolished.

A functioning democracy needs opposing views that compromise...so the R party needs to be destroyed & rebuilt. The Dem party also needs some restructuring.

Here's this if anyone wants to read...

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