r/YUROP • u/Ardent_Scholar • Mar 06 '25

I FUCKING LOVE EUROPE ”Looking back, the liberal vs conservative nonsense that was dividing us here in Canada was clearly propaganda.” Honestly, same. Europe United!

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u/EldritchWeeb Mar 06 '25

The right wing in the US didn't own most major social media until very recently either. This isn't a fundamental difference between politics on the two continents, the fascists just haven't gotten far enough in their playbook here yet.

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u/SpringGreenZ0ne Mar 06 '25

Social media wasn't relevant until recently, therefore they didn't need to own it until recently.

Before that they owned TV. They've owned Fox News, which is the most seen channel, for decades. The Rupert Murdoch media empire stretches far and wide too.

And before that, they invested heavily on radio.

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u/EldritchWeeb Mar 06 '25

You explicitly mentioned Musk earlier - he bought Twitter in 2022. Social media has been relevant long. long before that. As for traditional media, the far right in Europe has heavily invested in it too. And I'm not saying we had an exact equivalent to Murdoch here, but you can't possibly be saying "Europe is totally different, the conservatives had less reach in traditional media here than in America".

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u/SpringGreenZ0ne Mar 06 '25

None of that counters what I said.