• SpicyPeaSoup@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    They’re either paid shills, or braindead useful idiots. Russia cultivates both types for propaganda.

    • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      You know I’ve been noticing a heck of a lot of communists on Lemmy the past week. It’s crazy, there’s this whole gaggle of people posting on socialism, hex bear, Games, vegan topics and related threads.

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          1 year ago

          A particular type of Communist colloquially known as “tankies” tend to suck up the Russian propaganda the same way alt-right people do.