• whoisearth@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    My conspiracy hat on, the only reason the right to leave was high was due to Russian interference. Now that their interests are focused elsewhere and they’re being sanctioned to high shit what you’re seeing now is the real results. Britain was never overwhelmingly for Brexit.

    That’s my conspiracy anyways.

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      8 hours ago

      Since when exatcly was that a secret? Im pretty sure Nigel Farage was bought by russians a long time ago. And im pretty sure he was one of the main reasons brexit happened. Alghtough im not from uk so maybe there was someone more influential internaly in UK.

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      That’s not a conspiracy IMO. Dividing the west is on their agenda clear and open.

      They stopped because they got what they wanted, the UK left, what are they going to do, leave more :-) ?

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        14 hours ago

        Eh. Just because Russia published and distributed books to its governmental members and most useful idiots explicitly calling for a propaganda campaign to decouple the UK from the EU doesn’t mean the propaganda campaign didn’t work.

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          8 hours ago

          Maybe it’s too early(coffee not started working) but what exactly are you trying to say please?

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            6 hours ago

            Russia published its fascist gameplan for global dominance, in book form, distributed it to their paid agents and government staff, and that plan included actionable steps with specific goals such as decoupling Britain from the EU.

            https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2020/5/28/putins-playbook-reviewing-dugins-foundations-of-geopolitics

            I do not believe the author is a genius of strategic and political thought, but I do believe one of the leading industrial powers of the world decided to put the general idea of his plans into action, and it has largely worked because no one bothered to stop it.

            As you said, when their objective was met, Russian propaganda moved on to new targets, and without a deluge of propaganda to sustain public opinion it evaporated in the face of obvious reality.

            Tl;Dr the voters were gained through Russian propaganda programs and the support dried up with their shift to new goals, as reality began to penetrate the “minds” of the “independent thinkers” they swayed.

            OP claimed British people never supported it at all.

            They did. Or at least enough to vote in majority. A large number of gullible morons bought it hook, line, and sinker.