• Blackmist@feddit.uk
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      8 months ago

      For real. The amount of utter nonsense I see on Facebook about it being a Chinese conspiracy to prevent us going anywhere, when all it means is you should be able to, heaven forbid, walk to the shops.

      • Wiz@midwest.social
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        8 months ago

        Russia’s main export is making other countries shittier in an attempt to make them seem better by comparison.

      • Womble@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        I don’t doubt that there is a Russian element to the right wing conspiracy nutjobs. But there is a huge home-grown 100% American component to it too, if there wasnt there’d be nothing for the Russian to work with.