101@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoRussia to increase propaganda spending to historic high of $27 million per week.www.pravda.com.uaexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down13cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldukraine@sopuli.xyz
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minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoWhat do you think they’re pulling off?
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 day agoConfirmed election interference, armies of trolls and bots, buying out probably 1/3 of congress…
minus-squareWolfdadCigarette@threads.net@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day ago$100k buys you a politician. They’re not that expensive. $27M per week buys a lot of political discourse.
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoYeah, but they’re not bought like we want to lobby for a pipeline or tax cuts for oil sales. They’re bought like we need to install this new fascist regime, and we need to stick our hands up your collective asses and puppet you for a few years.
What do you think they’re pulling off?
Confirmed election interference, armies of trolls and bots, buying out probably 1/3 of congress…
$100k buys you a politician. They’re not that expensive. $27M per week buys a lot of political discourse.
Yeah, but they’re not bought like we want to lobby for a pipeline or tax cuts for oil sales. They’re bought like we need to install this new fascist regime, and we need to stick our hands up your collective asses and puppet you for a few years.