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In reply to the discussion: Muslim Exit Polls [View all]markodochartaigh
(2,122 posts)I will go ahead and post my thoughts.
In most cities the widespread protests were mostly non-Muslim US youth who had no idea where Gaza was three years ago. Much the same situation with Gaza has been going on for several years in Yemen, with US weapons sold to Saudi Arabia.
Gaza has been a powder keg for decades and it just happened to blow up on Putin's birthday, October 8. The tiktok protests gained enormous traction incredibly quickly.
The horrors and human tragedy are real, in Gaza, Israel, Yemen, and Ukraine.
But I believe that the popular tiktok protests were manipulated by the Authoritarian Axis of Evil, Putin, Trump's enablers, Netanyahu, Hamas leadership, Thiel, etc.
Edit: I think that social media manipulation is analogous to hurricanes recently. Hurricanes are strengthening more rapidly than predicted because of the unprecedented amount of energy (heat) in the system.
I think that we can expect social unrest to escalate more rapidly than expected because the energy is more focused and becomes self-amplifying. After Cambridge Analytica, I think that it would be naïve to think that techbros would not have studied ways to improve positive feedback loops and use them in manipulating public opinion.