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yardwork

(69,612 posts)
21. Well said.
Sat May 16, 2026, 09:18 AM
10 hrs ago

It's the effect of sustained brainwashing aimed at certain populations - especially young progressive white and Asian people and the earthy-crunchy flavor of boomers. My kids and I are either part of or adjacent to these groups so I'm seeing this firsthand.

It makes sense that the billionaires (including but not limited to Putin, Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Thiel, Mercer, Koch) would turn their propaganda now toward some of the historically most reliable Democratic voting blocs. They've totally brainwashed rural and conservative whites. Time to expand the reach.

I saw it begin in the early 2010s (when Putin established his dictatorship and attacked Crimea while the world yawned). DSA and other supposedly grass roots groups suddenly got huge influxes of cash and expanded exponentially. The atrocities and economic crash caused by W. Bush created fertile ground.

I noticed something about DSA and the other groups that started as an uneasy feeling and became very clear as a pattern. Local chapters that tried to focus on immediate local concerns, like organizing food drives or protecting immigrants, got derailed. The focus kept being disrupted and diffused into vague ideas and lots of infighting.

It became clear to me on October 8, 2023 that there was something very coordinated going on and it was aimed at defeating Biden and putting Trump back in the White House.

I have a personality that is skeptical (to the point of misanthropy) and I see patterns. I'm not very susceptible to emotional appeals so this particular flavor of propaganda doesn't work on me.

The billionaires have a lot of time and money. They will continue to come up with ways to destroy democracy by fooling voters into electing puppets. They want us all dead. They want a little world of extraordinarily wealthy compounds serviced by robots and slaves.

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Well worth watching but it may be uncomfortable for some sarisataka 19 hrs ago #1
If the argument is that there is a short list of worse countries than Klarkashton 18 hrs ago #2
No, the question is why does a teen in N. Carolina, a Congressional candidate and a professor question everything 18 hrs ago #3
I don't find such a shortage of 'point of views' stopdiggin 18 hrs ago #4
He wants "consistency". LudwigPastorius 18 hrs ago #5
You may not care for military inventions but this country relies heavily on Israeli ideas question everything 17 hrs ago #9
What has that got to do with it? muriel_volestrangler 13 hrs ago #16
I don't say it is OK. The administrations have been saying it. Also recognising that as long as this country question everything 7 hrs ago #44
OK, I'd hoped DU threads would develop better than "here's the US government line on this" muriel_volestrangler 7 hrs ago #48
There are plenty of insightful thoughtful posts on this thread. yardwork 6 hrs ago #51
More insight than Maher's attempt, certainly muriel_volestrangler 6 hrs ago #54
See my comment about Maher here. yardwork 6 hrs ago #55
It's the forced compliance angrychair 2 hrs ago #61
I think Trump gave billions in weapons to Russia recently. yardwork 11 hrs ago #19
I think until the DNC resolves this issue, we are destined to lose elections. LeftInTX 18 hrs ago #6
Wow, Galindo types are POISON to the Democratic Party RandomNumbers 7 hrs ago #39
She has said some real nutso things: LeftInTX 7 hrs ago #43
Real, pure hatred and fear of Jewish people there. yardwork 7 hrs ago #46
This is scary. I have never heard of this faction. I think that only Democrats should be allowed to question everything 7 hrs ago #49
Election laws are determined by states. yardwork 6 hrs ago #50
I can't find where the connection between Galindo and "PSL" has been made, apart in that post muriel_volestrangler 5 hrs ago #56
I watched it carpetbagger 18 hrs ago #7
And what was the excuse of the torch marchers in 2017 in Charlottesville question everything 17 hrs ago #8
You're assuming people are sophisticated enough to separate Judaism and a government policy RandySF 17 hrs ago #12
I don't see DSA or other groups as responsible AZProgressive 16 hrs ago #13
Piker is a pig and his comments and actions prove it. RandySF 16 hrs ago #14
We are at war because of TRUMP and the idiots that supported him and didn't support Harris JI7 16 hrs ago #15
and those folks say this war with Iran is all because of Israel, that speaks lostincalifornia 7 hrs ago #35
Opposition to Israel's actions is not the problem. yardwork 10 hrs ago #22
Jewphobia is truly starting to resemble rabies gulliver 17 hrs ago #10
I can't recommend this enough. RandySF 17 hrs ago #11
It's the adolescent contrarian to tankie to antisemite pipeline Sympthsical 12 hrs ago #17
Well said. yardwork 10 hrs ago #21
Thank you. It was determined that many of the pro Palestinians groups that appeared immediately question everything 10 hrs ago #23
They were ready and they had identical slogans and props. yardwork 7 hrs ago #41
The propaganda tailored to flip voters on the left against Democrats got better and more effective. betsuni 9 hrs ago #32
Yup. I married a Jewish man and had two children... Joinfortmill 9 hrs ago #30
You should let your DNC rep know. LeftInTX 9 hrs ago #31
Anti-establishment anti-capitalist/West types put them in the Establishment binder betsuni 11 hrs ago #18
I'm sorry...in which those examples are we actually funding the atrocities? biocube 11 hrs ago #20
The Jews face... BH liberal 9 hrs ago #24
You must not know many Jewish people Mossfern 9 hrs ago #26
I have dozens of Jews in my extended family... BH liberal 9 hrs ago #29
Fuck Bill Maher Prairie Gates 9 hrs ago #25
Maher has gone over to the Dark Side of the Farce... BH liberal 9 hrs ago #27
Maher is an asshole but even a blind squirrel sometimes finds a nut. yardwork 7 hrs ago #45
Indeed. BannonsLiver 8 hrs ago #34
Congratulations! You're in contention for the weekly Abolishinist 5 hrs ago #57
It's a fine line, that's for sure. Joinfortmill 9 hrs ago #28
US military/economic support for Israel is the primary issue in present day political debate. walkingman 8 hrs ago #33
Every other nation in the middle east is also an ethnostate. yardwork 7 hrs ago #42
I personally wish that Democrats and Republicans worried as much about our own state of affairs walkingman 5 hrs ago #58
I am worried about our state of affairs. yardwork 4 hrs ago #60
Post removed Post removed 7 hrs ago #36
Stole land? PCIntern 7 hrs ago #37
The majority of civilized governments voted... BH liberal 7 hrs ago #38
If the Jews had been given the planet Mars, PCIntern 7 hrs ago #40
Who is them in your post? yardwork 7 hrs ago #47
The USA doesnt give billions of dollars and arrest people for protected free speech on behalf of the other countries. SSJVegeta 6 hrs ago #52
There are some differences themaguffin 6 hrs ago #53
Bill you are completely off base with so much of your rants on Israel. The decimation of Gaza and now Lebanon Pisces 5 hrs ago #59
As a Liberal, I fucking can't stand him. He's a pig - with apologies to pigs and Maru Kitteh 2 hrs ago #62
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