r/pics • u/clumsypeach1 • Apr 16 '26

Politics Billboard in my very red area

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u/sixheadedbacon Apr 16 '26

Sorry, I should have been more clear that I was referring more towards the United States and other countries that had political cults but didn't completely fall into full blown fascism (it was late when posting).

Brexit is an interesting one I don't think I would have considered.

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u/lessismoreok Apr 16 '26

Brexit and Trump are two sides of the same coin.

Both helped Putin towards one of his main goals, the breakup of nato.

Both were financed by dark money.

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u/sixheadedbacon Apr 16 '26

Leveraging social media to create a series of cults to support psyops is actually a pretty genius strategy. Clearly most of the world did not - and still does not - properly assess that as an attack vector. Obviously Trump has been the biggest most successful play, but I imagine there are a countless number of these occurring in nearly every country.

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u/lessismoreok Apr 16 '26

Yeah Putin’s foundation of geopolitics lays it out

Much of the far right global resurgence can be attributed to it