"These things are important now to put clearly on the record and, I believe, help voters in Germany and France understand that some of this politics is instigated via our enemies, namely Russia," media reports Burnham saying.
  • pdxfed@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    23 days ago

    It’s truly a bummer that divisiveness and baser human emotions are so much more effectively manipulated than our more impressive ones.

    • Kraiden@piefed.socialEnglish
      5·
      22 days ago

      I don’t know if it’s easier to manipulate people into baser emotions, I think the sort of people who want to foster the more noble emotions just aren’t interested in manipulating people at scale like that. Perhaps that should change.