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Summary

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned that the Trump is deliberately overwhelming the public with chaotic news to induce passivity.

Citing Steve Bannon’s "flood the zone" strategy and historian Michiko Kakutani’s comparison of Trump to Mussolini and Hitler, she argued that Trump uses the internet to spread disinformation, much like past dictators used film and radio.

Urging people to stay engaged, she emphasized that collective resistance can slow harmful policies and that small acts of opposition make a difference.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Burnout isn’t a bug—it’s the feature. The 24/7 propaganda machinery wants you oscillating between outrage fatigue and performative panic. Bannon’s “flood the zone” isn’t some novel psyop—it’s Mussolini’s playbook photocopied by every regime that figured out chaos is the exhaust fume of control.

But let’s not pretend this is a red-hat exclusive. Blue checkmarks and algorithmic doomscroll peddlers profit from the same emotional hijacking. Your attention isn’t just monetized—it’s militarized.

The antidote? Stop mistaking retweets for resistance. Real defiance is logging off to build parallel systems that render their circus obsolete. Feed your community, not the timeline. Sovereignty begins when you stop letting their clowns dictate your cortisol levels.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

So did these shitheads forget how many legal shitstorms they were in during the past four years after they were voted out last time after all those shits? Yeah fuck around now and find out later.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I've started only reacting to the latest shit he does if it isn't blocked by a court order within 5 days

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I'm super glad that lemmy is here to help with this as much as possible

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I just now found out Peanut Butter glows in the dark....I don't have time for this shit!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I used to get a lot of news off Instagram, but lately I've noticed that a lot of radical stuff like protests have basically disappeared off my feed, and other people I've talked to have said that this is happening with Twitter as well. Now it's mostly just fear-mongering headlines with no reporting on defensive actions, despite there being tons of protests all over the place in the past few days. The 50501 protests were a lot bigger than I thought they'd be, and the fact that there's barely any reporting on them is extremely concerning and I think is intentional. Meanwhile I've seen an increasing amount of radical stuff pop up on RedNote, like protests and pro-Luigi stuff, while at the same time somehow maintaining a calmer and more unifying vibe (also no ads), so it definitely seems like a better platform (compared to other options that are algorithm-driven) and I've been browsing it more instead of Instagram lately. Also, I'm trying to look for ways to connect with more people IRL, which I think is one of the most important things people can do right now to fight the isolating and divisive design of capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Yeah. But I've felt burned out by the news for a while already. So this is nothing!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Donald Trump divides, Luigi Mangione unites, even in such tense times. Not because of violence, because of class war stuff.

Donald Trump, somehow, is the ultimate distraction from the class war. Every time he does something awful, he's reminding you about the class war he's trying to distract you from.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

When Bernie Sanders brought forward another fervent request for free healthcare for all Americans, and the only retort the R he was addressing could come up with was a completely fabricated lie about Bernie taking money from pharmaceutical companies, I stopped believing anyone sensible could oppose it.

"Ew, Obamacare? I'd rather have the Affordable Care Act!!"

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

So my trick is to only care when people actually do something instead of dead catting.

Threatens Canada? That’s not a thing, let me know when they put a bill.

Praises Bibi? We all know how they feel, not news, let me know when more funding has been approved.

Threatens tariffs? Okay let me know when they start taking effect, cause last time it was a bluff.

Kind of same thing here, AOC (whom I’m a big fan of) isn’t proposing a bill or asking for people to show up on a certain date to protest, not really news.

It works cause news organizations’ whole purpose is to report news, actual events, but they haven’t been doing their job cause they are chasing clicks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I've filtered out Elon and Trump from my news feed and it's a lot less stressful. I'm no longer jumping at every bloviation

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