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.

      • Soulg@sh.itjust.works
        102·
        8 hours ago

        If voting against him wasn’t a problem then they should’ve done it.

        Stop making excuses for nazis and nazi enablers.

      • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        7 hours ago

        Biden and his allies aren’t being punished at all. He’ll be fine. Harris will be fine. That’s why they supported a peaceful transition of power. The plebs are the only ones getting punished.

      • NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz
        23·
        9 hours ago

        Biden shat the bed so hard people were willing to endure fascism to punish him and his allies.

        But that’s exactly what the Republicans wanted. Any voter who got to that point has effectively fallen for their propaganda and still believes it was their own well thought out decision.