AOC Says If You Feel Burnt Out By The News Lately, That’s ‘Exactly’ What Trump Wants
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“The paralysis and shock that you feel right now is the point,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) said before calling out the tactic.

Summary

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned that the Trump is deliberately overwhelming the public with chaotic news to induce passivity.

Citing Steve Bannon’s “flood the zone” strategy and historian Michiko Kakutani’s comparison of Trump to Mussolini and Hitler, she argued that Trump uses the internet to spread disinformation, much like past dictators used film and radio.

Urging people to stay engaged, she emphasized that collective resistance can slow harmful policies and that small acts of opposition make a difference.

  • uxiaEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    Are we all doomed to repeat a cycle until the Earth dies?

    I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. It seems like everyone has something or someone they want to blame for all this. “The problem is the internet, the problem is social media, etc…” when honestly I think it is really just a humanity problem. Watching documentaries or reading stuff on history also helps me cope because it becomes very apparent none of this is new. The people who lived during the crusades or “witch” burnings or any other horrific time… they had to deal with constant injustice. Why should it be any different for us just because we are a few more centuries ahead?