• PineRune@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    The same logic, however, apparently does not apply to left-wing influencer accounts, as Sam learned when he created a short-lived liberal counterpart for Emily on Instagram: “Democrats know that it’s AI slop, so they don’t engage as much.” (Sam’s explanation for why MAGA influencer accounts work is blunt: “The MAGA crowd is made up of dumb people—like, super dumb people. And they fall for it.”)

    Pretty much sums up the whole political timeline we live in.

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      9 hours ago

      Damn I need to start scamming MAGAs. Does anyone have any suggestions for how to start a new career in the scamming industry?

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      This is has always been the glaring issue with pure democracies.

      That’s why constitutional republics were created. It’s supposed to be a counter to the negative side of democracy. The constitution is supposed to be continuously updated and refined with the changing needs of the Republic.

      FYI the last constitutional amendment to the U.S. was in 1992. That is 34 years ago. Unless something changes radically in the next few years, historians will refer to that date as when the U.S. Constitution died.

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        Actually, the last time the Constitution was amended was in 2020 when Virginia became the 38th state to pass the Equal Rights amendment. But, of course, conservative ciquanery kept it off.

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    17 hours ago

    Congrats, young man, to having found a good way to do the world a service, all while making a fortune.

    Every cent those idiots spend on fake girls can’t be spent in GOP donation jars.

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    23 hours ago

    I should come up with a “scam MAGA” business model. Damn ethics…

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    20 hours ago

    On one hand, I can enjoy the schadenfreude.

    On the other hand, this kind of thing helps to create and maintain the alt-right alternate universe mediasphere. I remember a story coming out of Ukraine where a bunch of guys were making fake ‘news’ sites loaded with advertising to spam ragebait articles for cash. They said that they made way more money by posting right wing content so that’s what they focused on.

    Multiply that by a bunch of people and add in adversarial nation’s influence campaigns and you get Donald Trump.

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    23 hours ago

    The same logic, however, apparently does not apply to left-wing influencer accounts, as Sam learned when he created a short-lived liberal counterpart for Emily on Instagram: “Democrats know that it’s AI slop, so they don’t engage as much.” (Sam’s explanation for why MAGA influencer accounts work is blunt: “The MAGA crowd is made up of dumb people—like, super dumb people. And they fall for it.”)

    Anything to separate conservatives from their money so they can’t use it to support fascism.