Back in the day, the Nazis worked long and hard to subvert the will of countries they were planning on invading.
There are many tentacles in any takeover, and getting people to mistrust the current system is one of them.
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SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Yeah, THE biggest, absolutely. Tech giants running the world are nothing compared to that.
also am*rican celebrity worship leaking
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 days ago
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 days ago
Tech giants have so much power in part because most people are kind of stupid and don’t want to think too hard.
“Don’t use that platform. It’s owned by a Nazi and pushing right wing lies” -> “uhh but it has memes lol”
jali67@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
The tech giants are just propaganda machines.
MotoAsh@piefed.social 2 days ago
and the best innoculation against propaganda is an enlightened population that can spot the BS at first glance.