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It's just basic economics. The amount of power and influence you can generate with a disinformation troll farm dramatically outweighs the cost. It's a high impact, low cost form of geopolitical influence. And it works incredibly well.
You make it sound like everyone should be doing it. We could also save a lot of money invested into courts and prisons if we just executed suspects the state deemed guilty.
Can we open the farm that convinces people to stop listening to farms?
The trace buster buster BUSTER!
That's my word, playa!
You are awesome. Can't believe someone picked up that reference.
That movie probably didn't age well, but it's a gem
These are called schools and universities and whatnot.
You mean the "radical liberal elite" that are "indoctrinating our children" and secretly control our country????
Potayto, potahto, all depends on which reality you choose to inhabit.
No, only the farm that convinces people to listen to other farm(s). And those already exist, anyway :(