The evolution of the Republican Party into a cartoonishly surreal caricature of incompetent corruption makes complete sense if you understand how long and intensely Putin has resented the old Republican Party and so targeted its cultural base with propaganda specifically. - ThreadSky

deirdreassenza.bsky.social • 219 days ago

The evolution of the Republican Party into a cartoonishly surreal caricature of incompetent corruption makes complete sense if you understand how long and intensely Putin has resented the old Republican Party and so targeted its cultural base with propaganda specifically.

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deirdreassenza.bsky.social•219 days ago

Just IMO. In my nerd brain space this morning because of *waves*

sophieclw.bsky.social•219 days ago

Whoa 😳

Of course, it helps when the GOP spend actively cheer on their hostile takeover. Ugh

johnhoyabembe.bsky.social•218 days ago

They didn't evolve into anything, they've always been like this.

shannonisblue.bsky.social•219 days ago

Why do they *fall for it* tho?!

bearsaremean.com•219 days ago

It tells them what they want to hear. Also they're dumb as fucking rocks.

(was raised in the cliche wealthy southern Fox news, pro-cop, pro-military family, trust me on this)

shannonisblue.bsky.social•219 days ago

And yet you aren't like them.

bearsaremean.com•219 days ago

It took a while, believe me, moving from Louisiana to California was the main catalyst

shannonisblue.bsky.social•219 days ago

Well - thank you for the work you did. We need you.

bearsaremean.com•219 days ago

You're very kind, thank you

stevenmartinez.dev•219 days ago

Trump presents simple solutions to complex problems rooted in existing biases and insecurities. It's much harder to sell an uneducated populace on policy and nuance than simply blaming everything on outgroups - literally an extension of the Southern Strategy from Nixon et al

deirdreassenza.bsky.social•219 days ago

Yes this. We are biologically programmed to respond to appeals to emotion, particularly negative ones like fear, much more strongly than to appeals to reason.

hecticspectacles.bsky.social•218 days ago

And their lizard brains were already primed for the moronic misinformation by decades of exposure to Fox (and their friends). It is a crazy arc from the Cold War to aligning with Putin against Ukraine (and our own government!)

fraidicat2.bsky.social•218 days ago

Right on plan...

cielxen.bsky.social•218 days ago

So much of this wouldn't have been possible without cryptocurrency. It's such a black hole that gives the Russian apparatus all the cover it needs & the opportunity to pull the strings within the Republican party. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/gop-russia-kompromat-putin-congress

cielxen.bsky.social•218 days ago

We're going to be entering a dangerous period in American politics, & if the war in Ukraine ends with Russia getting what it wants, it's going to use it's influence in America to target our own allies globally. Putin had this all played out, decades in the making & it's chilling to think about.

jdmiddlefork.bsky.social•219 days ago

Wise words, and in turn, the GOP has hijacked christianity.

hecticspectacles.bsky.social•218 days ago

Seeds of the American Taliban

bearsaremean.com•219 days ago

elon was ranting once about an 80s Russian "psy op" to attack Americans, and saying this is why the left is the way we are.

reminder that since the 80s the left has gone from hating Russia to hating Russia, while the right has gone from hating Russia to saying theyd elect Putin if they could.

asocialstray.bsky.social•219 days ago

Why do lefties get all the fun, glittery psyops? Are we just bald crows craving the shinies?

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