• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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    3 days ago

    You think this wouldn’t happen elsewhere?

    It’s not just an American thing, it’s an asshoke thing, and those people are everywhere, and will always find a way.

    • J-Bone@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 days ago

      Of course it can happen elsewhere.

      Just US has a massive influence on tech platforms, and they are currently under-going an oligarch takeover (oligarch influence was already bad irrespective of whether the far right or centre right was in power).

      Mind you I am not anti-American. I have largely always defended the US as a matter of pragmatism (it is the largest and most influential democracy-leaning country with a measure of respect for human right). US has done really bad things, but they have done good things as well. I can’t say the same about say China or Russia.