218 Comments
User's avatar
⭠ Return to thread
Lou Pintada's avatar

Thank you, Klonda56 for not being stupid. The stupid I see really hurts my feelers, and it is wonderful to see someone who really gets it.

Global warming denial has taken a very stupid turn these days:

"AGW doesn't exist because Al Gore is rich."

"AGW doesn't exist because the oligarchs are using it to restrict freedom."

Just stupid.

Expand full comment
Klonda56's avatar

Indeed.

Its noticeable the past few years there is an astotufted sock puppet movement that aims to completely muddy the waters - and lure the people with the most to lose from capitalism’s sustainability crisis, into knee jerk rejecting that there is a crisis. So that the capitalist exploitation can continue unabated.

Unfortunately there is no shortage of dimwits who have zero resistance to lies, as they don’t think at all or evaluate situations or incoming messaging. They just repeat it like parrot.

Internet as a communication medium is seriously vulnerable to disinformation campaigns of this type.

Expand full comment