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[–] chirogonemd 3 points 2 points 5 points (+5|-3) ago (edited ago)
As far as I see it, it is a drop in the bucket anyway. In fact, I'd go as far as to say this is purely deflection and distraction. The people who were going to vote liberal wouldn't ever be swayed by this news anyway; they've been cheering on the algo-rigging from day 1. All of the people who were going to vote for Trump in 2020 are already well aware of this problem, and were going to vote conservative anyway. After 3 years, I don't think there is a huge margin of people riding the middle of the fence anymore. Not after 3 years. Not to the extent that Google showing them pro-democrat material is going to be the deciding factor.
Also, third world shit stains are going to vote Dem regardless of the fucking media.
The election rigging is going to be in the field, at ground level, with fraudulent door-to-door absentee bullshit and flat out vote manipulation at the polls, just like midterms with illegal ballot transport and plastic bins of "missing" ballots found in airports.
I think they just want everyone focused on something besides that. Again, I don't know a soul who still has a middle-of-the-road opinion on politics at this point. That is PRECISELY why the Dems are trying to instigate this massive illegal influx and get them driver's licenses. They know people already here are already decided. They need the illegal vote at this point.
[–] cyborgsnowflake 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I can't disagree with this enough. Adjust a story's position in the trending page here fiddle with with the frontpage news articles on the facebook ticker there. Sure for an individual its a minuscule effect as their eyes brush past in in a split second but multiply this by billions of pairs of eyeballs every day all throughout the day over the years and it starts to add up. Its an incredibly insidious power. Its no accident we've suddenly found ourselves in the most libtard Age in history now that Silicon Valley is in charge.
[–] chirogonemd 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I think I have underscored the effect as well. Well, can't be right all the time (/s). Had some convo with another guy and realized I probably was betraying the law of large numbers here. Even just a percent swing vote in a few key states changes things. That's my bad for simplifying things too much.
[–] 0fsgivin 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
It mostly influences the youth vote...which can compound over time obviously. Also, it has a large effect on swing voters. the most important voting demographic.
I gave you an upvote because you're point isn't completely invalid by any means. But "drop in the bucket" no...It's much more significant than that. It's like a cup in the gallon that is voter fraud/manipulation. Propaganda has a very strong and very real effect. Otherwise advertisers wouldn't make hundreds of billions of dollars a year.
[–] chirogonemd 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
I agree with you. What I'm arguing is there isn't a swing vote this election. There hasn't been a time in recent history where people are more politically polarized and politics has been on everyone's lips, not to mention where the social pressure to vote one way or another is literally effecting lives, employment, the structure of social circles. I'm saying there are no votes that are swinging at this point. Perhaps in the first Trump cycle in 2016. Not now.
To me, this is going to be much more about outright fraud than propaganda. The propaganda has had 3 years to disseminate. It's not like it has been in past election cycles where politics "kicks up" ahead of an election. Unlike in the past, it's been non-stop full throttle politics programming for 3 straight years in 24 hours cycles, even going as far as to spread away from the news arena and into almost every other form of entertainment channel. It's totally unprecedented. Again, I couldn't tell you a soul whose mind isn't made up. There is nobody waiting for the right Google link or television advert to make up their minds. At least not between a conservative or liberal vote is what I mean. I'm sure there are people undecided about what democrat they'll vote for, but I also think its naive at this point to think that any people that are still voting democrat are liable to vote conservative because there isn't the right democrat candidate. Hardly. Hilary was the worst candidate in recent memory. We are post-rational at this point. This is strictly ideological now.
The Dems are depending on outright fraud. But I also get why you believe what you do, and in almost any other election, I would as well.