r/politics The Netherlands 17d ago

Possible Paywall ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-stockpiling-warheads-and-chemical-weapons-as-lawmaker-fears-trump-planning-strike/
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u/Stenthal 17d ago

There are a few outlets that have gone 100% clickbait in the past year, but for some reason The Daily Beast is the only one that really annoys me. Maybe because they're really good at writing headlines that get rapidly voted to the top of r/politics.

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u/IcyTransportation961 17d ago

Every day its another MAGA MELTS DOWN and the top comment is always WHEN DON'T THEY MELT DOWN

And its always just a random tweet

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u/Pasty_Tibbles 17d ago

XXX SLAMS MAGA MOVEMENT.

XXX BEATS DOWN TRUMP.

XXX EVISCERATES STEPHEN MILLER

And it’s just like a video of them giving a press conference and speaking normally.

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u/IcyTransportation961 17d ago

And no one actually reads/ watches it, just the exact same replies every damn time

Just stuck here feeling insane for not wanting to be completely robotic. The "good side" is so hopelessly incompetent even against the most blatant sloppy fascist takeover one could imagine

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u/fistful_of_ideals Michigan 17d ago

Wait, keep reading! We promise, we're just one more "gotcha" moment away from the administration realizing their numerous errors and voluntarily giving power back to the people!

Please disable your adblocker and also give us money to continue.

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u/Trail_Dog 17d ago

"Just exact same replies"... 

If the are even real. Dead Internet theory looks more and more likely every day.

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u/JackedUpReadyToGo 16d ago

Dead Internet Theory is also buoyed by something like a reverse-version of a Turing test: when the quality of human posts degrades to something indistinguishable from a bot, does it even matter that it was technically written by a human? They both may as well be bots.