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Russian propaganda machine was full force in America during the 2016 election and I’m sure it still is quite active to an extent in the states. What’s the general feel for Russian propaganda in Ukraine? Are there many Russian-supporting Ukrainians? Do many of them change opinions once Russia is in their towns?

Uhh I should note that I’m quite ignorant on the subject and if my question makes you irritated - I’m sorry I don’t mean to start anything.

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[–] soul4rent 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

More recent news of a Wagner official admitting to founding a troll farm - Not to say the article is incorrect at hillary being an unliked candidate in 2016.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/14/europe/russia-yevgeny-prigozhin-internet-research-agency-intl/index.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The amount of money Prigozhin spent influencing the election in US is laughable compared to the overall campaign spending. If spending a few hundred thousand bucks could swing the election in US, that would be absolutely incredible. And once you actually read the article I linked you'll realize that a new study of Russia-based Twitter posts by New York University researchers buries the liberal canard that Russian bots played any significant role in swinging the 2016 election for Donald Trump.

I know blueAnon love their Russiagate conspiracy theory, but it's factually wrong and you gotta learn to deal with reality.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you gotta learn to deal with reality.

New Lemmy users: "you wanna bet?"

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

It's pretty amusing to see how all the same people who make fun of qanon end up exhibiting exactly same behavior when it comes to conspiracies. Really shows that people aren't all that different in the end, they just choose to believe different narratives and get upset when facts run contrary to them.