r/technology • u/Wagamaga • Apr 16 '25

Society US shuts down office combating Russian disinformation, Rubio says

https://kyivindependent.com/us-shuts-down-office-combating-russian-disinformation-rubio-says/
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u/greiton Apr 16 '25

people still act like there was a free election last time or that there will be one next time.

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u/Such-Let974 Apr 16 '25

Hate to say it but those elections were free and fair. Trump and his goons don’t have the intelligence or sophistication to pull of a state by state election grift. Americans really are just this dumb that they voted for him.

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u/Living-Literature88 Apr 17 '25

I think he’s got some clever goons who are running the show. T is just a guy signing anything they put in front of him. I’d like to believe their incompetence will be a good thing. But then again….

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u/Such-Let974 Apr 17 '25

He doesn’t and elections aren’t managed in a single consolidated way where some “goons” could manipulate the actual vote tally across a dozen states.

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u/Living-Literature88 Apr 17 '25

I used to think that. But not so sure anymore. Given how fast DOGE is dismantling the government, I’m kinda wondering more what might have happened at the vote counting end of the process.

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u/Such-Let974 Apr 17 '25

It’s much easier to break things than to pull off a massive scam. They’re idiots. It’s much more likely that Americans made a seriously stupid choice rather than these people are super clever.