• tburkhol@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I’m gonna say that I don’t really care if the KGB “convinced” a private citizen to take out an ad. Seriously: if some dude stopped me on the street and offered me $1M to buy $100k of AdSense saying NATO started the war in Ukraine, I’d probably do that. Who really cares what I, or some 80s real-estate schmuck, pastes on the side of walls? Trump never made any secret of being an anything-for-money person.

    I’d expect to get fired. I’d expect it to be disqualifying for public office. So, to me, the thing that’s actually disturbing is how many of our political leaders & how much of the public at large is willing to go along with and even celebrate the propaganda for free. Betray their stated ideals for free.