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We're still struggling because of DOGE.
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Enough Musk Spam
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For reference, this is typically called Brandolini's law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law
I find that dumping a false factoid that is not irrefutable without considerable work is a common tool of capitalists/fascists, just like offloading labor onto masses of workers while taking credit for said work is their way of alienating entire societies
In both cases they're having other people do the work. Fascists are lazy and irresponsible
It is a key component of the gish gallop, which we've seen in full force from this administration. It has parallels to a packet multiplier DDOS attack in networking, where the attacker spends comparatively little bandwidth but causes the target to have to deal with much larger amounts of traffic.
Cheers I didn't know that
Typically predated by numerous pre-internet proverbs. For reference:
Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it
and many variations
I'm partial to this one-
A lie travels around the world before the truth gets its boots on.
They're parasites