https://lemmy.world/u/SaltyAmerican

Created 1 year ago

Account woke up 3 months ago

Posts only divisive content and purity tests.

As US midterms are coming up, I believe this account is aimed at dividing left wing voters.

Posts such as:

Isn’t it weird how the Dems never do anything https://lemmy.world/post/51927959

Liberals won’t fight fascism https://lemmy.world/post/52333373

Democratic socialists aren’t real socialists https://lemmy.world/post/52438400

Liberals voting doesn’t matter https://lemmy.world/post/52486776

Dems are on the same side as fascists https://lemmy.world/post/51582749

Dems and Repubs are the same and both evil https://lemmy.world/post/48919455

It’s basically all just the same type of content aimed at disenfranchising voters and driving a wedge between them.

Then there’s the posts that straddle the border of calling for violence.

This is what real Don’t Tread on Me looks like, with a photo of a burning cop car. https://lemmy.world/post/48255019

Gay pride exists only because of violence https://lemmy.world/post/48229008

Reform is a tool of the rich, violent revolution is the only path forward https://lemmy.world/post/48875421

Reform is a lost cause, violent revolution is the only path forward https://lemmy.world/post/48908049

Reform is a childish dream, violent revolution is the only path forward https://lemmy.world/post/48875333

You will be called violent (pretty sure there’s an implied “anyway” there) https://lemmy.world/post/51149671

The above 3 aren’t OP directly calling for violence, it’s just some quotes he found of other people calling for violent revolution. It’s ok, cause it’s a quote.

Oh, and let’s not forget OP’s photo co-opting Donut, from Dungeon Crawler Carl, depicted in a Che Guevara hat and pose with “Viva La Revolución”.

There’s also the expected tankie praising

Ukraine is full of Nazis (a common Russian justification talking point) https://lemmy.world/post/51462389

China infographic comparing apples and oranges to praise China https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f0cfb142-b8d7-4b2c-84e7-5124d6a03717.jpeg

China good for this public example https://lemmy.world/post/49169810

The irritating thing is the account plays on the current problems in the US right now and the anger a lot of people are feeling towards everything going on at the moment. There’s a lot of posts you could look at and say “yeah, they’ve got a point”, except that’s sort of the aim of the account; to draw people in by posting content that resonates with the reader, then push them one way while moving the political post so that anyone not as left as you is an enemy. Their account is trying to manipulate readers and drive a wedge between groups because it’s easier to conquer and control smaller subsets than it is to control the whole.