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[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

Eh, that was a different, tangential thing. This arc started in 2015 when Russia figured out how to manipulate social media while absolutely no one was guarding against it.

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[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I'd say it goes all the way back to Reagan and almost every single policy he had that weakened the absolute fuck out of average US citizens, while allowing the influence of the rich to grow to insane levels.

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[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Somewhere in the middle.

It was salvageable up until House and Senate leaders like Gingrich, Ryan and later O’Connell started playing identity and obstacle politics with Democrat presidents in particular. Around 2010 it really accelerated.

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[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

Based on what you're saying

tin foil hat applied

It was accelerated by OBAMA!!!!

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[–] DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Not Obama, just that that's when Citizens United passed. The same thing that caused fascism in Germany, the same thing that caused fascism in Italy.

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[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Get out of here with that logical statement! Let the people who caused it blame Obama!

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[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 6 months ago

This all goes back to Nixon. When he resigned the Republicans decided hard line fascism is better than losing again.

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[–] tonytins@pawb.social 1 point 6 months ago*

I'd argue a lot of the seeds were planted with 9/11 and later 2008 finical crises that Russia would later exploit when the GOP attempted to use Obama to retcon Bush from history.

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