Because it’s incredible cheap. You can buy politicians for very little money, random off-the-mill weirdos for peanuts. Those idots even brain-wash and radicalise themselves by their own constant social media circle jerk. So it’s basically for free once the proper echo chambers have been already established.
At this point some kid in a basement on the opposite side of the planet can single-handedly direct the whole army of brain-dead far-right cultists just by placing the next narrative in some ugly AI generated meme then leaning back while the brain-rot squad endlessly regurgitates that “content” in a thousand of permutations.
Because it’s incredible cheap. You can buy politicians for very little money, random off-the-mill weirdos for peanuts. Those idots even brain-wash and radicalise themselves by their own constant social media circle jerk. So it’s basically for free once the proper echo chambers have been already established.
At this point some kid in a basement on the opposite side of the planet can single-handedly direct the whole army of brain-dead far-right cultists just by placing the next narrative in some ugly AI generated meme then leaning back while the brain-rot squad endlessly regurgitates that “content” in a thousand of permutations.
Damn… Yeah I guess you are right, that once the setup cost were paid, running the show is incredible cheap and easy.