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That flow goes two directions though. Anyone can leave a comment on FB/Twitter posts. I would think propagandists would still prefer the one way broadcasting of MSM, instead of allowing dissent to be stuck directly to their message.


Anyone? Or any account? Let's not forget all the sock puppets that can amplify sources at first, after which a few million political enthusiasts can take up the mantle.


No, they need the genuine man-on-the-street rage posts for the five-minute hate to really be effective. They need to cut to shots of normal people screaming.

It's worth it to them even if they have to go through and delete all the compelling counter-narratives.

(And in a truly captured society, they'd come and pick them up later for re-education, so you posting would really just be helping them find you.)




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