The fact that they were so transparent and unsophisticated about their astroturfing made me lose even more respect for normies who can't seem to see what's going on, or don't care.
normies who can't seem to see what's going on, or don't care.
I think it's worse than 'can't see', it's refusal to see.
Refusal to see that the gradual weakening of the west is setting the stage for the next global power struggle to begin. Refusal to see that The Long Peace is likely nearing its end, and that war with a major power is looking increasingly likely.
It's not too surprising that comfortable, apathetic first worlders would refuse to acknowledge that they're staring a potential nuclear war in the face.
Related article from last year: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/confirmed-china-launched-massive-social-media-campaign-march-get-countries-adopt-stringent-coronavirus-lockdowns-destroy-economies/
The fact that they were so transparent and unsophisticated about their astroturfing made me lose even more respect for normies who can't seem to see what's going on, or don't care.
I think it's worse than 'can't see', it's refusal to see.
Refusal to see that the gradual weakening of the west is setting the stage for the next global power struggle to begin. Refusal to see that The Long Peace is likely nearing its end, and that war with a major power is looking increasingly likely.
It's not too surprising that comfortable, apathetic first worlders would refuse to acknowledge that they're staring a potential nuclear war in the face.
I completely missed this last year.
I was too busy on reddit (basically a propaganda arm of the CCP these days)
I hadn't seen those specific tweets to Boris in your link before. Although one problem with NPCs is they often sound like bots anyway.