[Fizz43]

Same for Datacenters, MAGA and a ton of other things. Algorithms are being abused to manipulate reality for people and people know it. But they still get swept up because it feels so real when you're reading hundreds of comments, seeing countless articles and posts and videos.

[sourcegrift]

Reddit is 49% indian and 27% african and i doubt either groups have an incentive to spread misinformation against trump. But maybe you now something I don't?

[Fizz43]

MAGA people are easy to ragebait and sell to

[mystraline]

Correct.

MAGA are mostly inherently dumb, gullible, and afraid. And 'strongman' (fascism) is the answer for dumb, gullible, and afraid.

And from an accompanying article https://nypost.com/2026/04/21/us-news/top-maga-influencer-em...

> He said he also attempted to make a liberal counterpart for Hart on Instagram, but “Democrats know that it’s AI slop, so they don’t engage as much,” he said.

We're now solidly in a point of tine that a random 3rd world noodle merchant can make livable money by significantly warping and distorting governments across the world. I dont know the solution for this, but Id have a real hard look at DMCA Section 230, and social media's responsibility in enabling and amplifying.