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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[-] D61@hexbear.net 14 points 6 months ago

We're expected to have opinions about things we know nothing about and have no experience with. People being expected to have an opinion on Ukraine or Russia, right this second, when they honestly don't think about either of them and they're not allowed to admit to it.

So, all the little propaganda campaigns that are always working to pump out noise eventually find everybody. Then, when a person is asked about something they have nor strong opinions about or experience with the first thing that pops into their head is something that was just background noise for months or years and gets repeated, adding to the propaganda noise that's always humming away.