u/kautau

The machine needs meat

“Rich people buy their way out of the fascism they helped build” seems more apt

_Palantir laughs quietly_

Not to worry, it's made in china, shipped from china, and then people in detention centers will be forced by ICE to package it for that bonus fascism feel for those that believe it's made in the US and and they're getting a deal on the T-Mobile package that costs almost 2x other providers for the same service.

I feel like it was probably more known when that book came out, but as social media basically enabled the KGB to do this cheap as fuck most people forgot, and the amount of people connecting "russia interfering with elections" to "russia attempting entire gameplan to destabilize the west over years and years" dropped drastically

Because they’ve been working to stir dissent in the US and it’s been their playbook since the late 90s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics

Russia should use its special services within the borders of the United States and Canada to [fuel instability](https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/mobile-html/Divide_and_rule "Divide and rule") and [separatism](https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/mobile-html/Separatism "Separatism") against [neoliberal](https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/mobile-html/Neoliberal "Neoliberal") globalist Western hegemony, such as, for instance, provoke "[Afro-American racists](https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/mobile-html/Black_supremacy "Black supremacy")" to create severe backlash against the rotten political state of affairs in the current present-day system of the [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/mobile-html/Politics_of_the_United_States "Politics of the United States") and [Canada](https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/mobile-html/Politics_of_Canada "Politics of Canada"). Russia should "introduce geopolitical disorder into internal American activity, encouraging all kinds of [separatism](https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/mobile-html/Separatism "Separatism") and [ethnic](https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/mobile-html/Ethnic_conflict "Ethnic conflict"), [social](https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/mobile-html/Society_of_the_United_States "Society of the United States"), and [racial conflicts](https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/mobile-html/Racism_in_the_United_States "Racism in the United States"), actively supporting all dissident movements – [extremist](https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/mobile-html/Extremism "Extremism"), [racist](https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/mobile-html/Racism_in_the_United_States "Racism in the United States"), and [sectarian](https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/mobile-html/Sectarianism "Sectarianism")groups, thus destabilizing internal political processes in the U.S. It would also make sense simultaneously to support [isolationist tendencies in American politics](https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/mobile-html/American_isolationism "American isolationism")".

Great way to launder a ton of money while a bunch of key voters randomly appear in swing states too

The old Catholic Church play

Agreed, there was a massive discussion about it on github where that sort of was the general outcome at the end of the day as well

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/4967

I believe they can see it because they're an admin of their own instance vs a standard user (I also cannot see who voted, and I think the API keeps that data private for everyone except admins)

That’s true nearly everywhere capitalism exists though, not just America. Nestle sales in Europe aren’t far behind their North America sales

That’s true, I should have specified that for those with a choice on where they shop. But even in towns and cities where there are major retail/grocery alternatives, Walmarts tend to thrive.

Newsweek has reached out to Walmart outside of regular working hours via an online contact form.

Lol gotta love how Newsweek doesn't even have someone they can reach out to at Walmart. At this point Walmart's PR department is probably an intern with a microsoft copilot account since no matter what shitty thing they do nothing happens to them and people still shop there.

Ah the old "It's fine for us to attack another sovereign nation but now it's happening here and I don't like it" style NIMBY

And now Pakistan is shooting down Indian jets in response

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/asia/india-pakistan-kashmir-conflict-hnk-intl

The Indian Embassy in Washington said in a statement that national security advisor Ajit Doval spoke with U.S. National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Marco Rubio after the strikes. The embassy said “India has credible leads, technical inputs, testimony of survivors” that point towards “the clear involvement of Pakistan-based terrorists in the attack.”

Ah, no better people to encourage fascists they’re in the right than other fascists

Ah yes, “my god(s) that I made up is better than your god(s) that you made up”

Wouldn’t surprise me if the names are changed. It is the globe and mail after all, not Reuters or the associated press

Sure, though colloquially as Merriam Webster points out it’s

a plan or program of action, especially a crafty or secret one

Usually if you don’t mean that it’s secretive you’d just say plan

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scheme

Google will be **slammed** for this what do you mean