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Some of that is just the nature of living in a global society. Someone moves for work/political reasons but still cares about their previous country. And, increasingly, they are more able to criticize it because they don't (know they) have to care about getting detained at a border crossing or whatever else.

That isn't at all to say that there aren't entire economies built around misinformation and propaganda. But so much of this has been immediately tainted by xenophobia by Both Sides and so forth. Not to mention all the people who think they "gotcha"d government officials posting from israel... right after an extended trip by the trump admin to israel.

Like all things, people actually need to apply a bit of critical thought and look at how that account has been representing itself rather than just a kneejerk "You failed my purity test so you are Other and you no longer matter and maybe all you Others should stop existing"

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Musks motto "move fast and break things".

Fuck it....test in prod.

That's exactly what it is. He doesn't realize that he's just a tool, not the mastermind. But his ego and complete lack of self awareness won't let him see it. Same with trump. They have spent their whole lives thinking they are masters of the universe, and now that they have that control, all they do is fuck up their goals, because they aren't actually the ones calling the shots, and their goals are not why they were elevated to these positions. To steal from blazing saddles.

"What did you expect? ‘Welcome, Sonny?’ ‘Make yourself at home?’ ‘Marry my daughter?’ You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know—morons"

Troll farms have a pretty large and lucrative business based in countries that traditionally don't do much about web-based fraud. It's the same groups that sell fake subscribers.

Both, for rent.

No it was wearing a Turban