Even if you wanna blame propaganda, FOX news has a far wider reach and influence over the American electorate than facebook posts ever could.
Even then, you can only blame it so much. Propaganda does not reprogram people like they’re machines. There is no wizard waving a wand to make your uncle racist. Propaganda gives people the encouragement/excuse to do and say what they already wanted to do and say. It works on people who are already predisposed to reactionary thinking.
No amount of someone telling me to hate minorities would make me vote against them, it would just make me more pissed at the disgusting people saying those things.
Trump may have Russian backing, but he also has American backing. Lots of corporations hurried to support him. The voters are also all American. This is the fault of America.
Russian bots is why really.
Even if you wanna blame propaganda, FOX news has a far wider reach and influence over the American electorate than facebook posts ever could.
Even then, you can only blame it so much. Propaganda does not reprogram people like they’re machines. There is no wizard waving a wand to make your uncle racist. Propaganda gives people the encouragement/excuse to do and say what they already wanted to do and say. It works on people who are already predisposed to reactionary thinking.
That only works on people who have those feelings already
Russian bots didn’t go out and put their ballots in. Americans did.
No amount of someone telling me to hate minorities would make me vote against them, it would just make me more pissed at the disgusting people saying those things.
Trump may have Russian backing, but he also has American backing. Lots of corporations hurried to support him. The voters are also all American. This is the fault of America.