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minus-squarevegetvs@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoAh ok, so Brexit was caused by Russians now. I thought it was caused by the people who voted to leave the EU.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoA couple of points: Yes, Russia was involved in the social media propaganda: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/how-svetlana-and-friends-took-to-the-brexit-cause-fcb3bd0db?region=global The voters had precious little idea what it was they were actually voting on: https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/06/24/480949383/britains-google-searches-for-what-is-the-eu-spike-after-brexit-vote
minus-squarevegetvs@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoYou do realize that makes it even more disappointing, right? I mean, trying to understand what Brexit was after voting for it? My goodness.
Ah ok, so Brexit was caused by Russians now. I thought it was caused by the people who voted to leave the EU.
A couple of points:
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/how-svetlana-and-friends-took-to-the-brexit-cause-fcb3bd0db?region=global
https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/06/24/480949383/britains-google-searches-for-what-is-the-eu-spike-after-brexit-vote
You do realize that makes it even more disappointing, right? I mean, trying to understand what Brexit was after voting for it? My goodness.