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Apartheid weirdo says the quiet part out loud (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by FlyingSquid to c/political_weirdos

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[–] NotMyOldRedditName 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I really wouldn't discount social media, which he has shown an addiction to.

I've personally watched a very close friend go from a huge Obama / liberal supporter to supporting Trump, Canada's trump mini, full on climate change denial, anti vaccine stuff by going down the right wing conspiracy theory rabbit hole. All on twitter/youtube/facebook etc stuff. He doesn't watch MSM.

There's definitely a rich/yes man aspect as well, but social media echo chambers can have a huge influence.

edit: and for what it's worth, it's not worth trying to reason with him anymore, and the relationship has pretty much died during covid.