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[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

It's usually a mixture of both. A lot of malicious people are also very stupid.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Not really they're always motivated by self-interest and corruption. For example when Nick Shirley makes an obviously fake documentary about "fraud in Minnesota" he's not just "doing it because he's dumb". He's doing it because he's receiving massive amounts of money to demonize that population.

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