• Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    The bizarre transference of American conservative bigotry and greed rubbing off abroad was what I was aware of.

    Frickin’ rupert Murdoch News.

    The export of fear-mongering news is abhorrent, I traveled a lot recently and was shocked every time someone said, “but you know Trump makes good points”, what happened multiple times in countries separated by distance and I assumed political and ideological temperament.

    Like this romanian or Australian or Portuguese beach bum sitting with me, having a beer and eating the local cuisine will suddenly just bust out “Good thing about that Mexican wall though, right?” or “Q knows what he’s talking about with pizza gate” or the equivalent and I’ll be stunned at the presumed insider “knowledge” of American conservative talking points and that someone thousands of miles away has somehow assimilated (or been poisoned with) these weird American conservative biases and misinformation and it’s become part of their personality.