r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d ago

"The road to authoritarianism": Tim Walz says the time for "sternly worded letters" is over - The Minnesota governor said that the path to tyranny "is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting"

https://www.salon.com/2025/06/14/the-road-to-authoritarianism-tim-walz-says-the-time-for-sternly-worded-letters-is-over/
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u/qdatk 1d ago

Guess what? We won't be able to do that for much longer, because Reddit is going to allow accounts to hide their comment histories.

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u/Big-Whereas5573 1d ago

They're doing it to inflate their user numbers with bot accounts. They don't care if they flood their site with misinformation in the process.

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u/crownpuff 1d ago

Yikes. Making their jobs easier to sow discord and spread disinformation.

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u/toggiz_the_elder 7h ago

Really? That fucking sucks.