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This is one sample visit to the conservative subreddit. It's an appalling example of the impact of disinformation. When you need to be reminded of who the enemy is and what they think, visit here. You will see that there is no gratitude or mutual respect, and there never was. There was never any concept of mutual benefit. And now, with Trump leading the cult, there truly is no depth to which they won't go, and no decisions from Trump that won't be retroactively justified.

These people are dangerous, and they don't give a shit about any alliances, friendship or partnership. And they control the levers of power.

Edit to add a screenshot. Not sure how to add more, but it doesn't get any better as you go deeper. What's clear is that this relationship is over, and we need to move on.

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[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Conservative voters are the dumbest fucking things, I swear. They go on about patriotism, yet want nothing more than to watch the downfall of their countries. Pathetic.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Conservative voters are the dumbest fucking things, I swear.

I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally Conservative

  • John Stuart Mill
[–] imvii@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As a Canadian, I read that conservative reply and just think "Holy shit is this a dumb fucking American."

I'm really glad that these are the types of Americans that don't cross the border because that means leaving their emotional support gun at home.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As a Canadian, you realize that we have Maga dipshits up here, and that members of the Canadian conservative governments have been seen sporting MAGA hats? And that the candidate for the federal Conservates was out there supporting the Dipshit trucker convoy? And that he has also suggested ditching CAD for bitcoin?

Our cons are fucking dumb as fuck just like the rest, and we have people stupid enough to want to vote them in. And thanks to FPTP and 3 parties, they often stand the best chance of winning because the right don't have anybody to split the vote like the left does.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Small nitpick. The ones in charge aren't dumb they're dangerous and they're feeding off a dumb segment of the population that has been conditioned for this through a steady diet of bullshit from social media.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Very good point, and I've actually always put the voters at the bottom of the barrel of intelligence. Any stupid person could run for government, but it takes some especially fucking stupid people to action vote for them.

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[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

And cheer on dictators who offered $5k for each American soldier they killed.

It's just a cult - they don't stand for country, freedom (lol), military, or anyone but themselves. Conservatism at it's core is caring more about yourself than others.

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[–] OneBigSpud@lemm.ee 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Their edit is one of the stupidest things I have read in a minute. Everything about it is like an amateurs first attempt at international relations, but the only book they had on hand is “Learn Your ABCs”.

“Technically an act of war!! Concerning!! Fentanyl!! Just want Canada to be safe for trade!!” It’s just word vomit; it has no base in reality.

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Especialy since drugs flow from us into canada. USA is literally russia at this point: everything they baselessly accuse others of doing they are guilty of.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

USA is literally russia at this point

In more ways than one. DOGE leadership is pulling directly from the post Soviet public sector chop up under Yeltsin

Americans are doing to themselves what we did to Eastern Europe thirty years ago.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Lmao.

"My act of war is not an act of war. Your response to it is!!!" - Trump Sheep #15674

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Funny, it's exactly what Putin said about Ukraine. That and "It's not a real country," which Elon Musk recently said of Canada.

[–] gabbath@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Given the crap you can read on the White House website nowadays, I'm questioning more whether America is a real country, because it feels more like three fascist oligarchs in a trenchcoat.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago

I mean, it tracks with their view of the Ukraine situation as well.

It also tracks with the general conservative mindset that the "in group" is protected by laws, but not beholden to them; while the "out group" is beholden to laws, but not protected by them.

Which all tracks with having the mindset of a toddler, free of any shred of empathy, where, until proven otherwise every other person in existence is by default just an NPC without agency or self-determination.

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[–] wieson@feddit.org 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is actually classic fascist playbook:

  • We are the strongest
  • But also - o no - we are under attack from all sides, everyone is against us
[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I hope they skip ahead to the last chapter, the kys-in-a-bunker section specifically.

[–] epicstove@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

If they're gonna play follow the leader they should play it right.

[–] nectar45@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Seriously why hasnt reddit banned that subreddit yet? Is not like they ARENT ban happy in other areas!

But I guess fucking fascism is A-OK!!

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because it generates interaction and user count. Money before country.

[–] nectar45@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

God I hate CEOs

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 8 points 1 month ago

Reddit is a soulless corporation that only wants to make money. Like a vampire, but money instead of blood. But if you drove a stake through the heart of reddit's CEO and board members, you'd go to jail for some reason. Unless the jury was super cool and nullified.

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[–] AlolanVulpix@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is what happens when you have unchecked disinformation.

Let's prevent that from happening by not spreading American owned media pretending to be Canadian, that infiltrates Canadian culture and politics.

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

For real. The issues occurring in the US are various, but the vast spreading of disinformation in the US is crippling. Don't let unchecked lobbying (aka bribing of politicians) occur in your country, don't let "news organizations" spread false realities.

[–] HungryJerboa@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Ahahaha Canada.com? How much more blatant can it be that the site is American?

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 25 points 1 month ago

r/Conservative are like the lambs from Animal Farm.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That subreddit is nothing more than an echo chamber. If you express an even slightly reasonable view, you get banned.

The only way for dissenting opinions to be expressed is with the downvote button, and even then most reasonable people avoid going there because it's so frustrating to read.

[–] OneBigSpud@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

Exactly. The only ones allowed to post (and have their comment seen) are the ones vetted by their mods. It’s a true echo chamber; every thread is flaired users only—and the only way to get a flair is to be “gifted” one by their mods.

It’s the blind leading the blind.

[–] witnessbolt@lemm.ee 20 points 1 month ago

They are absolute traitors. I'm so sorry, Canada

[–] AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I used to read it to see what conservatives were thinking. There used to be actual discourse in the comments about policy positions. It's now nothing more than brainrot and Russian trolls.

[–] match@pawb.social 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Has anyone found the secret spot where conservatives act normal and explain their reasoning? Please don't make me install nextdoor

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Last time I had a "conservative act normal and explain their reasoning" they sounded like a toddler trying to explain the world to me. Lol

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Let's be real, it's russian bot-rot too.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah, seen my fair share of conservatives fail to preface their shock and disagreement with something with a lengthy apologia and get the banhammer for being a 'brigadier'.

[–] straightjorkin@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

Remember when conservatives claimed that liberals would screech about "current thing"? Always projection.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, a trade war with Canada is easy to win for the US

A trade war with Canada and Mexico is a bit tougher, the two biggest trading partners, pretty much

Mexico, Canada and China is tough

Mexico l, China, Canada, and the EU? You're fucked US

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Buddy China alone outclasses USA in trade (they're even under sanctions)

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[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The problem is that we no longer agree on what reality is with Trump sycophants. For them lies are truth, night is day, less then 1% of fentanyl is a national emergency, etc even when presented with facts and objectivity. It’s legit terrifying and I don’t know how to fix it. I don’t know how our politicans are able to deal with people they can’t share reality with. Canada’s going to bear the brunt of US delusion and unreality.

[–] OneBigSpud@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.” Hannah Arendt.

You are right: They are no longer a part of our reality.

They exist in a twilight zone of their own making; able to be convinced, either by their paternalists or their own community, of any lie.

The rational were pushed out or scapegoated over time until only madness remained—as it does now.

The only good thing about cults of personality is that they tend to collapse when the personality does. One of the bad things is that they tend to take everyone with them on their way to collapse.

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

0.2% of fentanyl inflow and 1.5% of migrants come via Canada. Both those justifications are just propaganda designed to manufacture consent for further pressure to push Canada to allow more influence by the malign forces that have pervaded the US. It's just the next step by oligarchs.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That’s not America that’s r/conservative

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago

So what the people in charge of America are telling the fascists to think.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I saw someone on Facebook today talking about the orange rapist's claim that the US subsidizes us. Um, no.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (8 children)

They all look like bot accounts with AI generated content.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Many of them are, but sadly, many of them are actual people that are just that fucking brainwashed.

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

LOL! Then you have the Putin Bots and Xi's $0.50 Army mixing in with the f'ed up MAGAts.

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[–] hydration9806@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm confused. The screenshot you shared just has two idiots sharing stupid opinions and 1.1 thousand/389 people (likely from the same subreddit) disagreeing with them.

I'm not saying the conservative subreddit isn't unhinged, but this feels pretty cherry picked.

Maybe share a photo of the most upvoted comments for a better reference?

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

If you spent time on other platforms like Threads you’d see a lot more of this being continuously spewed. It’s why I deleted my accounts on several services. While this might be a cherry picked example from that sub, the far right revisionist take is far, far more common on popular social media than you think.

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[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Doubling down on tribalism won't save us from their ignorance. The degradation of a unified society by means of Us vs. Them thinking is how we got here in the first place and how things continue to get worse.

There are those at the fringes of that style of thinking that can be reached by those of us who are adjacent to them (via family, mutual friends, workplaces, etc.). Those folks at the fringes can reach those adjacent to them. We'll never get 100% of them on side but we can at least weaken the well-funded machine that continues to keep them uninformed by relating to people as human beings instead of stoking division like oligarchs intend for us to do.

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[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

1.1k effective downvotes in r/Conservative, that’s amazing even for explicit libtard comments. If that sub isn’t swallowing your Drumpf Deitification, you’re really and utterly stone bonkers.

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