• traingovroom[He/Him]@lemmy.ml
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    25 days ago

    Assuming Lula wins reelection one of the principal concerns of the country’s national security interests should be banning U.S.-owned social media companies.

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    In case it hasn’t been obvious that the world has been trending back towards fascism for the better part of the last 20 years.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      25 days ago

      Just the liberal capitalist world because the mask of liberalism has to be pulled back in times of crisis to reveal how the system truly functions.

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    24 days ago

    What I find sad is that these ads can make a difference. People should have already researched the candidates and their positions and know who they’re going to vote for.

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    25 days ago

    you’re telling me the company who helped cambridge analytics do their schemes with elections is doing it again? pikachu face

    • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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      25 days ago

      The problem with bringing up Cambridge Analytica is that 1) their schemes were found not to be effective and 2) it feeds BlueAnon conspiracy theories.

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        money was made though, if it works or not facebook plays a role on elections and ads and they generally favour the right wing ones. but yeah, i didn’t know about that, tho, thanks.