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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We tend to consume a lot of American media, whether it be music, movies, tv, etc.

With the advent of social media, that got cranked up to 11. So, we have the same impressionable people being targeted by US-style far right propaganda and you can already see its effects.

Someone like Erin O'Toole was exactly what the conservative party needed to bring more people from the center to the Torys, but as soon as he lost one election, they booted him to the curb in favour of Alt-Right Milhouse, who was cozying up to the Convoy protestors and being called "a Superstar for the Far Right" by none other than InfoWars owner and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

I just hope to god our apathy doesnt take over and allow that cretin and his cronies form government and keep carving up our country and environment to the detriment of everyone but the ultra-wealthy.