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The U.S. will mark the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection on Saturday, a milestone that will confer upon the reality-dwelling citizenry a grim reminder of the potency of propaganda and how quickly it can warp perception when introduced into the public square.

Just three years ago, most of the country watched with dismay and horror as a violent MAGA mob beat back authorities and stormed the country’s citadel of democracy. The Donald Trump-incited crush of disillusioned rioters, fueled by a stream of fantastical lies, believed that the 2020 election had been stolen by sinister forces working to undermine the democratic election.

Of course, not only was their belief flatly incorrect, but evidence later emerged indicating that it was Trump who, in fact, had tried to subvert democracy.

Facts, however, have little bearing on the sentiment inside the Republican Party, which has been fed a steady diet of lies and half-truths by Fox News and the rest of the sprawling right-wing media machine. To wit, the false notion that Joe Biden nefariously stole the 2020 election is now widely shared inside the GOP. A CNN poll conducted over the summer found that nearly 70% of Republicans believe Biden’s win was not legitimate, a number that has continued to tick up.

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[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

America's not going down without taking everyone with them.

They're crazy!

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

America is taking everyone with them anyway! See the latest climate summit for an example.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I’m more concerned about the American so-called communist who live in their mommy’s basements and troll online.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You're concerned about something you made up more than runaway climate change. Cool!

Very American.

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[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

America is the only country in the world with a nuclear first strike policy, and to have used nuclear weapons on civilians. The best thing that can happen for the rest of the world is for it to fall to internal power struggles.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Not quite true, have you heard of the Semipalatinsk Test Site?

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I have, and I would say that the circumstances/implications are very different. One was the unforseen negative health impacts of a nuclear test site the other was the use of nuclear weapons on two population centers.

Also that's whataboutism I think lol. We're talkin about US crimes

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

No you are, I'm talking about whatever the fuck I want to thank you very much.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Which is pivoting to USSR bad propaganda in a thread about how the real issue in everyones minds should be the ongoing genocide in occupied Palestine?

Yeah I'm calling that whataboutism lmao

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

You can call it whatever you want to.

You said something wrong I called you out.

No need to get all pissy about it, it wasn't anything personal.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

You said something wrong I called you out.

No, I said that America is the only country to use nuclear weapons on a civilian population. You gave me some bullshit about a side effects from a test site 'counting' as if that carries the same weight as literally evaporating hundreds of thousands of people in an instant.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I gave you an example of another country using nuclear weapons against civilians and you are taking it much too hard.

Learn from it and take the L. Its not like you lost credibility at your super cool club because you were wrong once.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The US has the only nuclear first strike policy and has demonstrated its willingness to evaporate living humans with nuclear weapons in order to dominate as much as the world as it can for capitalist extraction. It would be best for the rest of the world if it fell apart and silently faded into the background.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

You should invite your Hexbear friends to come and talk to me.

I crave the attention.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I subscribe to their comms because they're actually funny. Maybe you should try and interact with actual users there.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

You literally just asked me for that exact thing

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Is that what you thought I was asking?

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