• rumschlumpel@feddit.org
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    1 day ago

    Considering what companies like Meta and X are doing with their power, I kinda have to agree that the USA are currently the biggest threat to my personal freedom. Maybe Russia, Iran etc. have worse ideologies, but they don’t have as much power over my country.

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      1 day ago

      Yea I can see it, but Russia is absolutely intentionally pushing us in that direction through various means.

      I don’t remember which thread it was, but someone else on Lemmy said “Russia, shit military, excellent intelligence apparatus” and I think that’s a very apt description lol

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        15 hours ago

        Russia is definitely making a good effort at getting as much influence as the US (especially considering the influence it has on the US itself), but the parties here that aren’t out-and-out nazis are looking more towards the US than Russia, and we don’t have Russian army bases here, either. And between Facebook+Instagram and something like Russia Today, I’d say Meta’s sites are the more influencial ones, especially among people who aren’t already off the deep end.