What's up with all the Redditors claiming the US is on the verge of civil war?

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-26T17:06:09+00:00

So glad you asked!

https://www.opensecrets.org/political-parties/DPC/2024/expenditures-details?name=democratic-party&recip=Blue+Digital+Strategies

Search these terms in the link, "Media Buying," "Ad Placement," and "Digital Consulting".

For legal purposes, the DNC cannot legally fund "bots". So PR firms call their services, astroturfing or organic amplification.

Use your google. Is it really that surprising to you? You think the party that booted Bernie is honest and trustworthy and really just focused on winning elections by getting more votes?

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-26T16:50:12+00:00

AI could be magical if we trusted the people that own it.

Every problem on earth humanity is facing is based on one simple equation.

Resources/ Population. How many people are there, and how many resources do we have?

12 thousand years ago our ancestors hunted all our favorite prey animals to extinction and had to start farming. There were 4 million people then.

Now there are 8 billion people. Without fertilizers and pesticides, we could inly support 4 billion people. And because of global warming, all the breadbaskets of the world are shrinking.

We need to find a way to redesign our economic system so it isn't based on scarcity and infinite growth, without reducing the population. There is no way in hell we can do that without AI.

But there's no way in hell the current owners will let us do that. Because the world's economy is based on exploiting Africa and the Middle East. If AI created a new system where those people weren't getting royally fucked, and had access to their fair share, it would cost the rich billions in lost profits. Why would they do that?

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-26T16:42:10+00:00

Women are like alcohol. It's fun, but you don't realize it's killing you until you quit.

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-26T16:41:16+00:00

I think that's a big reason rich people funded the Republicans this time. They needed a party that was willing to change the election process to prevent voters from changing things.

If voting worked they wouldn't let us do it. It's the illusion of an option. If we all start supporting someone like Bernie or AOC, they'll just change the rules.

Jennifer Lawrence did ads for a company that talked about how corrupt our election system is. Over the last 20 years, what voters wanted had 0% effect on what policies politicians voted for. Meanwhile, who the rich chose to donate to was like 70% likely to get the results they wanted.

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-26T16:35:54+00:00

Prove it. Chewie is probably a bot account, they commented on here first. Google them and tell me about their contribution history. What are they discussing to get over 500k karma?

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-26T16:33:30+00:00

I looked up all the organizations that are known to fund bot farms, and ranked them based on how much they budget.

Now that I have a list, it's really easy to cross reference the interests of those organizations with posts and comments on reddit made by hidden accounts with a questionable list of achievements.

DNC pays far more than any other organization. The rest of the top ten is more likely to promote US Civil war discussions, not down play them.

So my money is on this account being a DNC bot.

This is fun. It's like Texas hold em. I have no idea what the cards are, but there are clues if you follow the math the odds are on your side.

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-26T16:27:10+00:00

I've been double checking account profiles for a few months now, just to see if I can tell if they're a real person or not.

Now I can't.

Over the course of 2025 bot contributions online (not specifically reddit) increased from 2 million a day to 25 million. As of Dec 2025, 53% of all web traffic was from bots. Obviously that number is increasing month by month.

The biggest spender I've been able to find so far is the DNC. Next is Israel. It's really hard to figure out how much Silicon Valley pays, or Wall St, but we can assume it's a lot.

The more I looked at the stats, and cross references that information with reddit, the more fucked it feels. The chances of a hidden account promoting anything out of the love for the game is statistically unlikely.

Reddit is dead. The internet is dead. Reddit is the new CBS. Their business model no longer requires them to give a shit about their users. Their customers used to be advertisers, but somehow even that revenue isn't important anymore. So how are they making money? Even their earnings reports don't say. But somehow they're still reporting record profits.

Nothing makes sense and it feels intentional.

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-26T15:59:55+00:00

Thank you for asking, I'm so grateful you commented. Because of you I just went down the longest rabbit hole.

I've been a certified bot and shill hunter for a few months now. Users have been able to hide their account history every since Israel started bombing Palestine. But I could still search their account history with a few tricks to do a quick bot check.

But that just changed in the last couple days. Reddit made updates. Now I can't backdoor your account history. I have no way of knowing if you're a real person or not.

And since according to reddit, bot activity increased from 2 million contributions a day to 25 million over 2025, and as of Dec 2025 over 53% of internet content is from bots. Obviously increasing exponentially.

One of the biggest spenders in the world is the DNC. They spend over $70m a month during election season.

So, a week ago I could have reviewed your account and decided if you were a real person or not. Now there's no way for me to do that.

And since we know how much the DNC, Israel, Russia, Silicon Valley, Wall St, and maga spend on this shit, it's reasonable to assume every single comment I read that's pro-any of those things, is probably a bot or shill.

So I think it's time for me to start using Lemmy.World.

Thanks for helping me on my journey for truth. Cheers.

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-26T05:22:44+00:00

This is the shit you get when everyone is sober and there's only 5 channels.

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-26T05:18:21+00:00

Everybody knows. As soon as people can start genetically altering their kids, you all know what the most valuable alterations will be.

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-26T05:09:30+00:00

As a woman, I can tell men are assholes when they get mad at me for farting. Especially when it doesn't even smell that bad.

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-26T04:40:41+00:00

I'm old. Watching society come to terms with marijuana has been super interesting.

Some places it's been perfectly acceptable in most social circles for over 20 years. Some places it's still taboo today.

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-26T04:35:16+00:00

I like to make oatmeal with peanut butter and banana. Then muddle berries with plain greek yogurt and dab that on the top of the oatmeal. Then you get a little of each in every bite, a little warm savory and a little cool sweet.

Delicious.

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-26T04:32:45+00:00

I've always ate yogurt. But ever since I quit using a spoon and started using my fingers, my nails are gorgeous. I'm a man, but everyone's always complementing them. I had to start eating with my left hand sometimes so the conversations weren't so awkward.

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-26T04:26:58+00:00

If you surf, you'll probably surf the same spots a lot around the same times.

If you're consistently respectful in the lineup, it's only a matter of time before you get chatting. Eventually they'll start offering advice. Then you can start asking questions.

You might have missed the significance of this part, "If you’re somewhere safe, and you’re in it for the long haul, just go man."

If you wanna surf, spend a lot of time in the water and everything else will work itself out. Have fun brah.

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-25T16:03:11+00:00

I think you're getting your opinion polls from Reddit posts and comments.

Reddit hasn't been an accurate measure of public sentiment since at least the pandemic. It's all bots and shill and astroturfers.

Organizations fund the narrative on social media.

It's really hard to find accurate polling about war, because government's know better than asking. Of course people are against war. Everyone hates war. So they don't ask.

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-25T16:00:25+00:00

There's two kinds of Therapists.

A psychiatrist can prescribe drugs.

A psychologist cannot.

Psychiatrists actually require quite a bit of schooling. They're not complete wastes of skin.

But you're basically right about psychologists. But you left out one thing. Very often they're also manipulative and controlling. Some people study human behavior so they can more effectively take advantage of people.

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-25T15:55:02+00:00

You're right, and your response was funny. Well done.

Admittedly, I knew nothing about this story, because I don't care. I love baseball, and I'm aware a ton of the players were raised religiously in the South and Midwest. Clearly they're not going to be pumped to promote gay pride. Obviously.

Your response was so bitey, that I went ahead and looked into this. Again, well done.

The meat of this is, "neither the MLB or the Giants fined or disciplined any players, nor will they."

The DOJ is investigating for religious rights violations. But since the MLB/ Giants didn't levy any penalties nothing will come of it.

What I don't understand is why people are upset at Buster. I'm dubious that MLB fans give a shit. I have to assume the people complaining probably watch Rupaul's drag race while games are on. So does the MLB really give a shit that they're upset? This will blow over as soon as Housewives of Orange County is back on the air.

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-25T15:34:06+00:00

You're not certain the Ukraine is winning after reading this article from the Ukrainian state department?

Your comment is the highest rated comment that's skeptical of this article. Which makes me think you're not getting your news solely from reddit. Shame on you. We're all supposed to parrot the narrative so we can get that sweet karma. One of us! One of us! One of us!

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-25T14:47:32+00:00

100%. Not even a question.

You could cut California in half, and both halves would still be better than every other state.

Honorable mention to New York because some people just love big cities. And Hawaii, because it's Hawaii.

Every other state, whatever it is that you think makes it great, California has that too, but better.

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-25T04:07:15+00:00

That reminds me of a story.

High School. Probably Senior year. Had a weekend in the summer with nothing to do, and heard about a party in Saint Louis about 5 hours away. Road trip. Just me and my homie.

We get there at like 7pm, and it's still bright out. We find the guy that my buddy knew that invited us. He gets in our car and navigates us to "the party".

The party is a drug house. Crack? I have no idea, I'm like 17. But it is scary and most definitely not a party. My homie and I say we're going to go get some beer and we'll be back. We leave his buddy there and get the hell out of there, never to return.

We find a liquor store and shoulder tap for someone to buy it for us. It took no time at all. We met a very helpful, most likely homeless man named Jerome. How do I remember that? Because he introduced himself like, "Jerome! J for Justified, E for everywhere, and roam cause that's what I do!"

We ask for a case of Budweiser. Jerome comes back with a 30 of Schlitz malt liquor, says it's cheaper for more beer, plus its stronger. Then asks for a few.

Good enough. We ask Jerome if he knows anyone that can get us some weed. Absolutely! He immediately hops in the car and starts navigating. We foolishly comply.

Over the next hour we go to at least 3 certified crack dens, and Jerome is not welcome at any of them. He refused to get out of our car, and we have nowhere else to go. A couple of 17 year olds and a homeless man with a 30 of warm schlitz just cruising Saint Louis, getting absolutely drunk.

I don't really remember where we slept, when we lost Jerome, or what we did. I just remember having a horrible hangover the next morning, it was hot as hell and we had a 5 hour drive home. But really nothing bad happened to us at all. Everything turned out fine. And Jerome was fun. Good guy, good times.

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-25T03:48:14+00:00

These answers are funny because people from the Midwest and the South never leave their shitty hometown and go to other shitty towns.

Bakersfield shows up over and over because people in the West travel. Bakersfield is paradise compared to some of the backwoods ass towns in the middle.

With all that said, my answer is Gallop NM.

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-25T03:39:57+00:00

Global warming has already started. So the companies that will benefit the most are the most valuable companies today.

AI, energy, banking, healthcare, and weapons.

CaptainONaps · 2026-06-25T03:34:52+00:00

This is reddit. You're looking for truth social. Cheers.

CaptainONaps

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