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PSA: An extremely common shill tactic whenever one "side" of the political spectrum is being criticized is to deflect with "both sides are corrupt" and "you still believe in the two party system?" This is meant to discourage change and distract from the current corruption being discussed.
posted ago by axolotl_peyotl ago by axolotl_peyotl +22 / -5

Conspiracy forums are filled with this behavior. Are both sides generally corrupt? Well, duh. Is the two-party system a false dichotomy? Undoubtedly.

It used to go the other way when "Republicans" were "in power" but now it's being used to deflect from Democrat corruption. If you point out the tyranny of Democrat politicians right now, you will often be swarmed with these bots/shills screaming about "muh two party" corruption etc. Nevermind it's the Democrats who are literally acting like fascists.

Just an observation. I know an astroturfed response when I see it.

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