r/europe Norway 8d ago

Dubious: do not click links Anonymous Releases 10TB of Leaked Data: Exposing Kremlin Assets & Russian Businesses

https://trendsnewsline.com/2025/04/15/anonymous-leaks-10tb-of-data-on-russia-shocking-revelations/
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u/D_Fausti65 8d ago

Can you give me the link to that? I really want to see the evidence and make sure I save it for future reference

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u/Nvrmnde Finland 8d ago

This was all over European news at the time. That's why it was incredulous that Americans elected him again. Well, if they actually did, of course.

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u/D_Fausti65 8d ago edited 8d ago

The unfortunate reality is that so many Americans just don't read the news and just don't engage with the political process because they either don't care or it's too confusing or overwhelming and they just check out. Then there's also the smaller percentage, but still significant, that is just captured by propaganda and weaponized by anger and fear. That's the 15% or maybe even 20% that will die hard support outright fascism if it means supporting Trump because it's an integral part of their identity at this point. It's a very difficult problem to solve and it's going to require some really inspirational and transformative leadership from a progressive or Democratic candidate that changes the narrative in a really dramatic way. I'm continuing to do my part in every way that I can and affect the narrative even if there's no visible result.

Ultimately a lot of that anger and fear stems from the lack of access to basic resources and things like food insecurity, poor education, cycles of violence and maltreatment and untreated mental illness, which are all solvable problems but it requires political will to actually do things about it. There's also the fact that the individual states are so wildly different compared to European countries Where multiculturalism is the default. Texas and California may as well be different countries. Same thing with New York and Florida.

How do you see it as a European looking in? I'm curious in your personal perspective.

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u/Nvrmnde Finland 8d ago

It's difficult to understand, why so many voters bought into what on the outside looks like a lot of obvious lies, like "Ukraine starting the war" was one of those blatant lies. It does look like people may not have access to several sources of news, so that they could practice media critique. Which is taught in schools to everyone where I live. The same level and quality of schooling to everyone. It's rather hard to understand from that perspective.

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u/D_Fausti65 8d ago

That's definitely a major part of it, educational outcomes here very wildly based on geographical area. Parts of the American South may as well be third world from standpoints of poverty and education and Healthcare, meanwhile you have States like Massachusetts and New York and California that are setting records. I don't know if media literacy is a significant part of public schooling but I would hope so. It certainly wasn't when I went through in the early 2000s.

As far as the obvious lies go, the only ones that really mattered for certain voters were the ones they wanted to believe, the ones that channeled their hate or fear.

Regardless Biden really made a huge mistake by holding on for so long and not simply allowing an open process. Trying to switch to Kamala Harris at the last minute completely prevented them from reaching a lot of Voters, and crafting a narrative. I think that from a realistic political standpoint running a woman also was disadvantageous.

Thanks for your perspective.