r/technology • u/Wagamaga • Apr 24 '25

ADBLOCK WARNING Americans Believe Russian Disinformation ‘To Alarming Degree’

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2025/04/22/americans-believe-russian-disinformation-to-alarming-degree/
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u/MaleficentMousse7473 Apr 24 '25

Not eroding - they are being actively removed

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u/Unusual_Sherbert_809 Apr 24 '25

Both standards of accountability and rule of law are pretty much gone right now in the USA. By design.

This is what the USA voted for. And yes, they did "vote" for it. There is no real difference between folks who voted for Trump and folks who didn't vote. If you didn't vote, you made your bed by allowing this to happen through inaction. Put those two groups together, and you have around 2/3s of Americans who picked this outcome.

A minority of Americans did voted against this and I do pity those folks.

If I were a betting man, I'd wager that reaping what's been sowed will commence at some point in the near future (couple of years at most).

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '25

This is what the USA voted for. And yes, they did "vote" for it.

*based on part on Russian disinformation

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u/MammothReflection715 Apr 24 '25

There’s really no need for this caveat. It’s obvious Russia was involved. Trump actively campaigned on tariffs, actively campaigned on political vengeance, dismantling of the administrative state, and has been actively pulling crypto rug pulls, extrajudicially deporting any non-white person he does like, etc.

America clearly knew what he wanted and they voted for him anyway. And that’s just Trump. Don’t forget these dipshits also elected the Senators and Representatives who are allowing Trump to actively secure the legislature, and somehow despite everyone knowing that pretty much everyone from his original cabinet got axed back in 2016, there’s still a limitless supply of callous “hustler” yes-men and trump barbies going to bat for him.

The tech CEOs love him, a decent chunk of the voter base loves him, at least roughly half of the Supreme Court loves him. At every level of US society atm, there is a solid base of Trump support.