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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
I've run into two people this week (unfortunately one of them a company higher up) who are heavily pro-Russian. And when I questioned them on it, they turn out to be very right wing.
How is this stupidity even happening?
When did Texas-style conservative right wing people become Pro-Putin, Pro-KGB, Pro-Stalin, Pro-Soviet, Pro-Bring back the Supreme Soviet structure, wanks?
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The right wing media ecosystem is an echo of Russian state media. Fox and RT have some kind of symbiotic relationship. If RT covers and amplifies something, you can be assured that Fox will run coverage, especially on the opinion side of their business.
The trucker convoy here was covered extensively by RT before Fox picked up on it. It's part of the authoritarian amplification system they have honed in the last decade.
Anyone who consumes a ton of right wing media is slowly being transformed. You can see it in the Republican polling on support of Ukraine over the last year. Staunchly supportive has turned soft as the drumbeat of nakedly pro-Russia Tucker and whoever drones on.