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The media needs to accept that internet trolls are running the U.S. government.
Internet trolls are actually more organized than those clowns.
These people are literally internet trolls, of the 4Chan variety. One of them goes by the name "Big Balls." And their internet histories keep popping up to show how often they troll.
Don't think for one second that they aren't achieving exactly what they set out to do. They are organized and have basically dismantled large sections of the government in the span of weeks.
Indeed, and it is frightening how persistent they are. I have blocked pretty much all their names and various connected terms by now, but my Lemmy feed still consists to a large extent of the nonsense and misinformation that these trolls spread on a daily basis to distract from their criminal activities.
I can only imagine how much worse it must be on the mainstream platforms.
There is simply no escaping the bullshit that spills out of the white house all over the world. Unfortunately, even less so because the local Nazis and the conservatives in my home country have long been using the same troll strategies that they have adopted from the US since they have proven effective in Europe as well.
The continuous noise of these trolls really has nothing to do with politics or news. On the contrary, it's just vicious anti-politics and deliberate misinformation.