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Originally Posted by wireframe
Why would Russia bother doing something that we Canadians are clearly willing to do ourselves?
edit: I'm trying to say that many Canadians participated in and supported this extremist occupation. Blaming it on Russia or any other external actor ignores the real actions of real Canadians. There is home-grown extremism in Canada and we need to be honest about that and deal with it.
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The convoy supporters live in an online bubble. Russian propaganda infiltrated that bubble and stoked their already existent "government is bad" mentality with fake news and lies, making them angrier and more afraid. That rise in emotions can easily be the tipping point from someone simply pressing Like on a twitter post about the convoy to joining it themselves