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Kim Perales<p>“A pro-Trump AI bot network with at least 400 accounts has been uncovered on X, pushing positive messages about MAGA figures like RFK Jr. and Karoline Leavitt. But after the Trump-Epstein scandal, some turned on Trump allies.”<br>-MeidasTouch<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/InformationWarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InformationWarfare</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Psyop</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AIBot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIBot</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/maga-ai-bot-network-divided-trump-epstein-backlash-rcna219167" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/tech/internet/maga</span><span class="invisible">-ai-bot-network-divided-trump-epstein-backlash-rcna219167</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@darwinwoodka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>darwinwoodka</span></a></span> </p><p>"it's never my fault" is a standard personality trait of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/narcissism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narcissism</span></a></p><p>that's amongst the many things <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> essentially is (besides <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ignorance</span></a>, etc):</p><p>politically weaponized narcissism</p><p>millions of Americans out there, turned out to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> by a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psyop</span></a> campaign in right wing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialMedia</span></a> catering to their personality disorders</p><p>(the same psyop campaigns work over personality disorders common on the left, such as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicIdealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toxicIdealism</span></a>, to suppress the vote on the left)</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>win or lose, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mamdani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mamdani</span></a>'s skyrocketing chances parallel <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AOC</span></a>: she felled a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> titan</p><p>we can do that all over the country</p><p>but to do it you, *YOU*, have to *show the fuck up* in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a></p><p>now comes the whiny weak voices</p><p>"BoThSiDeStHeSaMe", "doesn't matter", "nothing ever changes," etc</p><p>this is not describing reality</p><p>this is broken self-destructive mentality</p><p>some real people</p><p>but some a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psyop</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trollFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trollFarm</span></a> cosplaying <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> to immobilize you so the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> loses</p><p>4/4</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@gimulnautti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gimulnautti</span></a></span></p><p>with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> nobody is going to trust anything</p><p>this dovetails very nicely with a well-established, effective <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psyop</span></a> method</p><p>which is not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> presenting lies as truth</p><p>it's flood the zone with contradictory information</p><p>debilitating people's attention, and making them doubt everything</p><p>you can't turn off people's sense of morality, but you can convince them it's not worth the effort or is impossible to establish</p><p>and we disengage and alienate from a topic</p>
The Spectre of Communism 🇵🇸🇾🇪<p>The Death Toll of Capitalism (Sourced from "The Jakarta Method" by Vincent Bevins)<br> </p><p><a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psyop</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/anticommunism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anticommunism</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a></p>
The Spectre of Communism 🇵🇸🇾🇪<p><a href="https://tankie.tube/w/bkdknYZKNWEfnUEp7HBcgj" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tankie.tube/w/bkdknYZKNWEfnUEp</span><span class="invisible">7HBcgj</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/dprk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dprk</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/northkorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>northkorea</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psyop</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a></p>
The Spectre of Communism 🇵🇸🇾🇪<p>Liberals: "Stalin was not a brutal dictator"</p><p><a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/stalin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stalin</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/ussr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ussr</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communism</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psyop</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/cia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cia</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a></p>
Maggie Maybe<p>Look what the <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/manosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manosphere</span></a> is doing lol<br>This is not a 36-year-old woman concerned about her future because she didn’t date enough or have children. This is a <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psyop</span></a> to try to convince women not to be <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/4B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4B</span></a></p><p>What happens to poor seniors with no spouse, kids, or savings? : r/almosthomeless <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/almosthomeless/comments/1k3n31s/what_happens_to_poor_seniors_with_no_spouse_kids/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reddit.com/r/almosthomeless/co</span><span class="invisible">mments/1k3n31s/what_happens_to_poor_seniors_with_no_spouse_kids/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reddit</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@CStamp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CStamp</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@ZDL" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ZDL</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hear-me.social/@mikelovesbikes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mikelovesbikes</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@wendinoakland" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wendinoakland</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@todymotmot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>todymotmot</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@profdc9" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>profdc9</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@GutterPoetry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GutterPoetry</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://plasmatrap.com/@zakalwe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>zakalwe</span></a></span> </p><p>you would think people would notice the extensive <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psyop</span></a> to convince the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> to not vote, via various methods: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/learnedHelplessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learnedHelplessness</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicIdealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toxicIdealism</span></a>, premature empty cynical capitulation, "BoTh SiDeS tHe SaMe" and other endless bullshit, and understand that what they should do is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a></p>
The Spectre of Communism 🇵🇸🇾🇪<p>Schrödinger’s China</p><p><a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psyop</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/tradewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tradewar</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communism</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/schr%C3%B6dinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schrödinger</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/Schr%C3%B6dingersChina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchrödingersChina</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a></p>
The Miscellaneous Marxist Leninist<p><strong>This is what they teach kids in American schools , to love billionaires and capitalism</strong></p> <p><a href="https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/cc789b10-2775-4ac3-b700-4694c12befa2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tankie.tube/videos/watch/cc789</span><span class="invisible">b10-2775-4ac3-b700-4694c12befa2</span></a></p>
MissConstrue<p>George Orwell was an optimist. </p><p>After obliterating the federal office on long <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> and clawing back billions in COVID funding from state health departments, the Trump administration has now entirely erased the online hub for federal COVID-19 resources. In its place now stands a site promoting the unproven idea that the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 was generated in and leaked from a lab in China, sparking the global health crisis.</p><p>Navigating to COVID.gov brings up a slick site with rich content that lays out arguments and allegations supporting a lab-based origin of the pandemic and subsequent cover-up by US health officials and Democrats.</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/04/covid-gov-now-redirects-to-site-promoting-unproven-lab-leak/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/health/2025/04</span><span class="invisible">/covid-gov-now-redirects-to-site-promoting-unproven-lab-leak/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mefi.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psyop</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> #47 <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/wtf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wtf</span></a></p>
The Spectre of Communism 🇵🇸🇾🇪<p>“Communism doesn’t work”</p><p><a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communism</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/cia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cia</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imperialism</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/coups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coups</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/colorrevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colorrevolution</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psyop</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@DeliaChristina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DeliaChristina</span></a></span> obviously <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> is a prime example of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PsyOp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PsyOp</span></a>'ing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AntisocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntisocialMedia</span></a>!</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@IndieGoblin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>IndieGoblin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://starlite.rodeo/@RobotDiver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RobotDiver</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@RegGuy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RegGuy</span></a></span></p><p>Robot Diver:</p><p>would you admit that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trollfarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trollfarm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psyop</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> or internationally lies and falsely depicts <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AOC</span></a>'s record to suppress the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a>?</p><p>if you do, please don't buy that manipulation anymore</p><p>most importantly:</p><p>there is a metric shitton of that lying psyop on AOC coming</p><p>absolutely nobody thinks AOC is perfect</p><p>there is no hero worship here, that's what maga morons do</p><p>understand the game of lies to elicit <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicIdealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toxicIdealism</span></a> to suppress the vote</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@CStamp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CStamp</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://starlite.rodeo/@RobotDiver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RobotDiver</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@RegGuy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RegGuy</span></a></span> </p><p>a lot of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicIdealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toxicIdealism</span></a> you see on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> in terms of "they're not perfect, so don't <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a>" is the same as a russian <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/troll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>troll</span></a> putting an american flag on their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> handle and goosing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kremlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kremlin</span></a> narratives targeting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a></p><p>fake <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leftists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftists</span></a> on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> with lazy easy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> bonafides to do their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psyop</span></a></p><p>they do it, because it unfortunately works</p><p>toxic idealism is a real problem with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> rhetoric</p><p>they suppress the left vote and we get <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://starlite.rodeo/@RobotDiver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RobotDiver</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@RegGuy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RegGuy</span></a></span> </p><p>i don't really give a shit about these "they're not perfect" takes</p><p>you can find dirt on anyone</p><p>overall, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aoc</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bernieSanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bernieSanders</span></a> are way better than any other credible challenge, and that's what matters</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicIdealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toxicIdealism</span></a> is a problem in this world</p><p>do not fall for it</p><p>and plenty of it is just a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psyop</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geopolitical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trollfarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trollfarm</span></a> to incapacitate your <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a></p><p>do not fall for it!</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@rhempel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rhempel</span></a></span></p><p>it's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialMedia</span></a></p><p>greatest <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psyop</span></a> in history</p><p>"To peer across the world... To place our thoughts into the minds of your leaders. Make your teachers teach the true version of history, your soldiers attack on our command</p><p>We'll be everywhere at once, more powerful than a whisper, invading your dreams, thinking your thoughts for you while you sleep. We will change you, Dr. Jones, all of you, from the inside. We will turn you into us. And the best part? You won't even know it's happening"</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@tshirtman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tshirtman</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@mloxton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mloxton</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.io/@tarheel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tarheel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>inthehands</span></a></span> </p><p>Well yeah, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialMedia</span></a> is nothing but people blowing off steam (all I'm doing)</p><p>...and a massive <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psyop</span></a> campaign</p><p>But, in understanding that it is a psyop campaign, we see there is something here worth fighting for, because it has an effect: it gave us our first internet <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/troll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>troll</span></a> president, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p><p>So how can we turn social media to a force for good? And if we can't, how do we ameliorate it's destruction of our societies?</p><p>I agree arguments are stupid</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@pliny" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pliny</span></a></span> </p><p>No</p><p>Because you frame it as</p><p>1. Punishing centrist dems</p><p>2. Expecting them to be perfect before you vote</p><p>What you do is you ignore that toxic waste</p><p>Then you show up in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries2026</span></a> and replace them</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> are an empty vessel</p><p>Fill them with your will</p><p>Don't listen to toxic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialMedia</span></a> "the Democrats suck so I won't show up"</p><p>Of course they suck!</p><p>And?</p><p>Do you see the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psyop</span></a> that only helps <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>?</p><p>If your reasoning results in inaction *you* fucked up</p>