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Fediverse vs Disinformation

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Pointing out, debunking, and spreading awareness about state- and company-sponsored astroturfing on Lemmy and elsewhere. This includes social media manipulation, propaganda, and disinformation campaigns, among others.

Propaganda and disinformation are a big problem on the internet, and the Fediverse is no exception.

What's the difference between misinformation and disinformation? The inadvertent spread of false information is misinformation. Disinformation is the intentional spread of falsehoods.

By equipping yourself with knowledge of current disinformation campaigns by state actors, corporations and their cheerleaders, you will be better able to identify, report and (hopefully) remove content matching known disinformation campaigns.

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  1. No disinformation
  2. Posts must be relevant to the topic of astroturfing, propaganda and/or disinformation

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Here’s another super weird pro-Trump article in The Guardian. TL;DR Trump’s tariffs might work, if we start defaulting on treasury bills that would be good, the grand upheaval of 1982 was great stuff. (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I mean apparently it defeated you lol. Like I said, I'm trying to help you with your reading comprehension and research abilities apparently.

Also:

You’ve given your argument before that Trump is “one random guy”, and it’s erroneous to focus on him when talking about tariffs or talking about this article. Still want to stick with that? I merely ask for information.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Your explanation of why the plan won't work is Orange Man Bad. You wasted time with the naked emperor act, but it's still naked.

The tariff plan won't work if:

  • The Americans lack the political trust and international goodwill to make a 'Mar-A-Lago Accord' and the international community makes an exclusionary deal. I think this isn't very likely because of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_consumer_markets

  • The Americans don't execute the plan in 3¾yr and the new government backs down from the plan.

  • The USA lacks can't build/import industrial capacity before the political support for the plan runs out. China built a manufacturing industry in 20-25yr, but they build faster.

  • The world responds with accelerated de-dollarisation. Then perhaps a trade deal/tariff deal would happen but they'd lose the exorbitant privilege they've had for 81 years.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedollarisation / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorbitant_privilege

  • If the oligarchs force a climbdown because of the asset crash

  • If the common people force a climbdown because of the cost-of-living hike (least likely)