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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/42490739

Japan condemned US President Donald Trump for comparing recent US strikes on Iran to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that ended World War II.

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[-] [email protected] 98 points 1 week ago

it's completely mind-boggling how fucking stupid he is

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

I suspect that is their strategy (if you could call it that): boggle the populations minds and then do what you want.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's exactly the strategy. He's basically a human (term used loosely) "Denial of Service" attack on our collective psyche.

Constant output of garbage information we're forced to evaluate, until we're overwhelmed, overloaded, and shut down from being mired in so much sheer volume of stupidity.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

And the news cycle can't keep up or spend appropriate amounts of time/outrage on the things that are criminal, abhorrent and hurting people.
Throw a bunch of stupid shit to the media, let them feast. Sneak around while they are busy and get the truely hurtful stuff into law (or just skip the law part, and do it).

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I like the phrase "flooding the zone with shit". It even comes with a catchy song that attributes the phenomenon to Steve Bannon.

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