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[–] commiunism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Nobody asked for one, but I got a pretty good explanation for why this is what why this is happening.

ML's on lemmy are predominantly of the "deprogram" variety (in reference to the deprogram podcast and r/thedeprogram being quite large on reddit), and generally they're a laughing stock given the narratives they parrot that are so de-attached from the material reality and their various mannerisms when it comes to arguing. One of the larger narratives is that the west and western imperialism is horrible (which is true), and that whoever is opposed to it must be a force for good or something, which manifests as uncritical support for China, Russia, Iran even though they're both imperialist bourgeoisie states too.

I see some people claim that they're some paid Russian shills, which is wrong. They do it for free, with a genuine belief because that's what their community says and does.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

So a "got some insight but stopped thinking at 8" case?

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 114 points 1 day ago

Having a mandatory "these government/nations are above criticism" stance is just nationalist fascism, no different to MAGA fascism.

If a nation can't be criticised or questioned, it can't be improved, and is dead in some serious way. .ml users should be embarrassed for staying there. The standards you walk past are the ones you accept.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 73 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Poor dude was new and just didn't know what was going on, or even the atmosphere where they posted the question. Lmao I really need to migrate a piefed instance stat.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 63 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

This is precisely why more instances should ~~defend~~ defed .ml

They make the onboarding experience shitty for new users who haven't built up some immunity to tankie brain rot

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 day ago

Lemmy.cafe does this :)

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

defend -> defed*?

This is one of many reasons I have autocorrect off. lol

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[–] kepix@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

you guys have no idea how much money goes towards the russian propaganda machine

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Seriously, BRICS overall, with slave labor factored in (because most bots are slaves, not computers, NPR did a story on it), and all the illegal and illicit videos put/hosted online for blackmail, plus the crypto scams and romance scams, has to be in the trillions. It's literally a new type of warfare more deadly than drones.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago

No. How much?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago

putin literally funds it, billions on this troll farms. plus he funds other right wing groups or media as well.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Lmao I saw that post a bit ago and was like “hah yep ban incoming 😬”

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