@georgetakei "The next administration..."

Good luck with that.

@swordgeek @georgetakei

could we please stop with the cowardly spineless cynicism?

we want the usa to improve, yes?

so we don't speak in mindless capitulation that is not wise, is not useful, and just boils down to useless whiny "everything sucks forever, waah"

we speak of how we can improve things and work towards that

cynicism is acceptance of fascism

the cynic is MAGA's best friend

@benroyce @swordgeek @georgetakei

I’m becoming more and more convinced that cynical defeatism is being intentionally astroturfed and amplified in left-leaning online communities all over the internet by malign actors.

@Jakenke @swordgeek @georgetakei

some is troll psyop from MAGA and geopolitical actors. maybe not paid troll farm, just random edgelords enjoying a game

but entitled, lazy detached people who consider themselves on the left is also real

a mirror image of MAGA in terms of a rotten society. these fake leftists are as bad as MAGA

fake leftists because they do not have an ideological position, they have a psychological position

they don't care about improving society, they care about whining

@benroyce @swordgeek @georgetakei

You’re right but IMO they mesh together. The most effective astroturfing takes a real phenomenon/sentiment and amplifies it. That could be as simple as vote and engagement manipulation to boost ‘real’ comments.

E.g. after the last two No Kings protests Reddit was flooded with “it doesn’t matter/waste of time/these protests are useless” comments. Many were probably ‘real’ but astroturfers likely seized the opportunity to upvote them.