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  • @FlexibleToast@lemmy.world
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    711 months ago

    Do you think it’s a coincidence that the left-wing bloc (in the US, at least) has become so fractured since the Twitter takeover?

    It’s been fractured since long before that. The fracture started around the Occupy Wallstreet movement.

    • @grue@lemmy.world
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      1611 months ago

      Leftist movements have been continuously attacked, suppressed, and fractured since the '60s (see also: the assassinations of MLK Jr. and Fred Hampton), if not earlier.

      Nevertheless, the subversion of Twitter is particularly significant.

      • mo_ztt ✅
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        11 months ago

        Almost as if they spend significant time and effort strategizing how to interfere with threats to their dominant position 😕

    • @sighofannoyance@lemmy.world
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      211 months ago

      Are you familiar with the phrase “divide and conquer”?

      Ask yourself how come there is always these fractures appearing out of nowhere as soon as leftists organize?

        • Sybil
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          -311 months ago

          i just made up this phrase that i think democrats could use to become even more like republicans:

          vote blue no matter who

            • Sybil
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              -211 months ago

              it’s so catchy, i hope tehy try it out! maybe they can characterize their opposition as traitors to the country, and lock them up, too!