• FishFace@piefed.social
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    10 hours ago

    Nah, that’s not how it works. People believe it because they can pay people to repeat their lies, and their success buys them a seat in main-stream media interviews where they can broadcast their bullshit to millions of people. And in Musk’s case, he can just buy a social media company and force it to boost his excreta.

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      9 hours ago

      Dude, Epstein himself was about to release an “interview” where he’s this approachable cool guy and he’s just eccentric. I bet you it would have worked if released as planned.

      Yes there are bot accounts pushing narratives but that doesn’t stop people from going “whoa everyone must be wrong about him”