• xiaohongshu [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    5·
    17 days ago

    One of the recent Trueanon episodes covered this, where Russia has been caught trying to boost the right wing, pro-Trump platform Tenet Media featuring right wing influencers like Tim Pool and Dave Rubin.

    And this is only the one that got caught and exposed. It wouldn’t surprise me to see Russia playing a large role behind agitating culture war in America. The MAGA Republican chud position is not that different from your average Russian these days.

    • Water Bowl Slime@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      15·
      17 days ago

      Isn’t that more like pouring gasoline on a fire that Americans created themselves? These influencers already had long careers being fascist with much support from their audience before being contacted by Tenet media. It isn’t Russia mind-controlling America, it’s some chuds from RT signal boosting their fav celebrities.

      Also there are many other unrelated outlets that spew the same bullshit: the Daily Wire, Breitbart, Babylon Bee, PragerU, etc. And they all throw around more money than ten million dollars (not that that isn’t a lot of money, but it’s definitely not enough to sway the politics of an entire country lol)

      Americans place a lot of emphasis on Russian influence because it provides cover for homegrown fascism, justifies their war against Russia, and directs attention away from international American propaganda that is 1,000,000x more pervasive and effective.

    • SoloboiNanook [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      12·
      17 days ago

      The maga chud position is like boilerplate fascist shit. It’s not unique really. Strong man strong. Return to tradition. The outside enemy is always there. The enemy is strong yet weak etc etc. Russia do be instigating to a degree just like other countries be doing to each other.

    • Are_Euclidding_Me [e/em/eir]@hexbear.netEnglish
      7·
      17 days ago

      Oh shit, I remember now, I did listen to that Trueanon, I remember the name Eduard Grigoriann.

      Interestingly, the allegations didn’t really stick with me. I remember thinking “Oh great, Lauren Chen is being bankrolled by Russia. Neat, who cares, strange little bit of conservative hypocrisy there I guess”. And I literally haven’t thought about it since.