It's insane to me that with all the coverage of propaganda and disinformation nobody ever asks why there's fertile soil for it to grow on (hexbear.net)

submitted 6 months ago by 7bicycles@hexbear.net to c/politics@hexbear.net

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Whenever any sort of disinformation, fake news and propaganda is discussed I feel like all the talk about it always get's stuck on it's existence. Like "the russians are spreading misinformation in europe" or whatever. Which, sure, they do, how the fuck is there no talk about what to do of it?

Cause the way I see it, there's two options, either there's no more russia or whatever other rivaling hegemonial power follows up, forever, or alternatively you ask the question about why the fuck this shit lands in the first place and make sure it doesn't

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[-] The_sleepy_woke_dialectic@hexbear.net 5 points 6 months ago

And why does it land so much more effectively now than it did in 2005? Talking to people around me I find the most common refrain is "we need less anonymity on the Internet" but that can't be it because we have the least anonymity on the Internet ever right now. I think there's just a lot more money in it now.