• TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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    the entire point of misinformation campaigns is not to misinform citizens but to wear down the electorate into preferring ignorance

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      This comment should be highlighted.

      As if the American electorate was ever really informed at large to begin with. I’ve been hopeful that we’re seeing the start of a new age of enlightenment like the one that preceded the French revolution. But if the source of knowledge becomes detestable (enshitification of the internet) it may be slowed or stopped all together.