101@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoRussia to increase propaganda spending to historic high of $27 million per week.www.pravda.com.uaexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·3 months agoThat doesn’t seem like very much money for what they’re pulling off.
minus-squareRubberDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·3 months agoThat’s Purchase Power Parity for ya.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoWhat do you think they’re pulling off?
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·3 months agoConfirmed election interference, armies of trolls and bots, buying out probably 1/3 of congress…
minus-square[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months ago$100k buys you a politician. They’re not that expensive. $27M per week buys a lot of political discourse.
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoYeah, but they’re not bought like we want to lobby for a pipeline or tax cuts for oil sales. They’re bought like we need to install this new fascist regime, and we need to stick our hands up your collective asses and puppet you for a few years.
That doesn’t seem like very much money for what they’re pulling off.
That’s Purchase Power Parity for ya.
What do you think they’re pulling off?
Confirmed election interference, armies of trolls and bots, buying out probably 1/3 of congress…
$100k buys you a politician. They’re not that expensive. $27M per week buys a lot of political discourse.
Yeah, but they’re not bought like we want to lobby for a pipeline or tax cuts for oil sales. They’re bought like we need to install this new fascist regime, and we need to stick our hands up your collective asses and puppet you for a few years.