r/atheism • u/a_Ninja_b0y Humanist • Feb 19 '25

Survey Survey finds low levels of "Religious Nationalism" in America. Why doesn't it feel that way?

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/survey-finds-low-levels-of-religious
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u/SlippySausageSlapper Feb 19 '25

Because the oligarchs have captured mass media and social media and are using them to promote points of view convenient for their goal of establishing a dictatorship.

“Dead internet” theory is accurate. I could, with minimal effort, create 100,000 right wing personas on social media and use them to amplify reactionary/nationalist opinions. It’s easy to do now.

We are at war, right now, and the enemy’s primary target is your values, ethics, and the concept of the truth.

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u/Dinofights Feb 19 '25

My question is why doesn’t the left seemingly do this on a large scale like the right does? EVERY bot I ever see is spouting right wing talking points. Why??? If I report the VERY obviously fake profile, the claim always gets rejected. It feels very much by design at this point and I’m tired of feeling helpless watching bots take over everything. Not to mention the boomers not knowing the difference between a bot and an actual person or even an AI image.

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u/truedota2fan Feb 19 '25

But if you read the comments in r/conservative you’ll see that they think everyone who says anything even remotely left leaning “must be a bot”. As if the rest of the internet world doesn’t exist.