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542 points xbmcuser | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 06:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source

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tovej ◴[27 Aug 25 09:04 UTC] No.45037101[source]▶

Astroturfing has been the favorite MO of harmful industries like tobacco, oil, and defense for a long time now.

It's sad that this has become so normal, and that they can pressure opponents into silence. I'm wondering if we'll ever get rid of this.

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fp64 ◴[27 Aug 25 12:33 UTC] No.45038766[source]▶

Remove defense from that list, they are the good guys now. I see you already omitted pharmaceutical industry so you're at least almost up to date

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1. tovej ◴[27 Aug 25 19:24 UTC] No.45043901[source]▶

Yeah, thought of pharma afterwards. But defense is most definitely on the list, even though the astroturfing looks more like manufacturing consent.

Scientist exposes anti-wind groups as oil-funded, now they want to silence him