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Author & blogger interested in #history, #culture & #politics. I studied in Germany, then lived in Hong Kong & Taiwan for several years. I support #democracy & #fairtrade, enjoy nuanced debate. My websites: schedium.net / china-journal.org

US Senator Burton Wheeler, Charles Lindbergh, and novelist Kathleen Norris pictured at an America First Committee rally in 1941 at Madison Square Garden

#fascism

YouTube just can't stop recommending videos of apologists for the dictatorships in Russia and China, no matter how many times I click "not interested".

I can't figure out why so many people say that the YouTube algorithm understands what they're interested in. My YouTube feed is so full of crap I often prefer listening to podcasts rather than opening the YouTube app.

When they tell you who they are, believe them.

This is the far right government of Giorgia Meloni, admirer of Putin, Orban, Bolsonaro, and buddy of Steve Bannon.

Ethno-nationalism, hatred against migrants and against anti-Covid policies is the opium she used to drug the minds of the people

Mitch #McConnell has endorsed #Trump for President.

Von Papen vibes

The YouTube algorithm is out of control

Our public discourse is flooded with dictators' propaganda

This is a video the YouTube algorithm recommended. An example of AS (Artificial Stupidity)

#Taiwan #China

Yeonmi Park is a North Korean defector who became famous after she wrote a book about her escape from the country.

I read her book in 2019 and sympathised with her. I had no idea that she had become a far right propagandist. That explains why she was on Joe Rogan's podcast.

Media organisations keep repeating whatever crap Putin comes up with to sow confusion. Flooding the zone with sh*t, as Steve Bannon put it. That's exactly what Putin does.

#Russia #Putin #propaganda

This is a comment under a YouTube video about Hitler's propaganda.

I don't know if it's a real person or a Russian troll, but I know there are real people thinking like that