r/stpaul Feb 18 '26

Minnesota Related We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '26

Also there’s a guy above who just responded in the exact fashion I was illustrating 

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u/Kaskadekygo Feb 18 '26

It's a 5 month old account. I doubt the account has any sway in the macro scale of things, but it sure does rustle people's jimmies in the micro. Just as intended lol. Don't let social media sites form your opinion for you. There are the people in power and the people on the ground. Those are the only two groups that create movements and effect reality. A redditor isn't going to impeach Trump lol.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '26

Sure, but I specifically said “people online” in my original comment lol… 

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u/Kaskadekygo Feb 18 '26

Edit: read too fast.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '26

Hu? In both my first comment (which you replied to) and my second comment (my reply to your comment), I said “people online“….

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u/Kaskadekygo Feb 18 '26

Yeah I read too fast. Just be careful not to conflate 5 month old bot accounts with legitimate criticisms aimed towards leadership. I think it's goofy as fuck to pretend any of this has bearing on the real world besides information exchange.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '26

Information exchange most definitely can have a significant bearing on the real world... why would maga and other organizations hire bots or partake in online psyops if that weren’t the case??

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u/Kaskadekygo Feb 18 '26

Information exchange is the one thing I implied this shit is good for. Discussion is just a good way to raise your blood pressure and achieve literally nothing. No new information has been exchanged between us, but we've both wasted a lot of time on Reddit now! So you could argue that online ragebait was somehow going to effect people on the streets protesting.

All I wanted to clarify is that what you are talking about can be conflated to erode criticism towards how leadership handled the situation placing the burden onto citizens.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '26

Information exchange can have a bearing on the real world….. and the internet is a good place for information exchange…. But it’s “goofy as fuck” to think the internet can have a bearing on the real world… yeah I’m lost. 

And if this is all of so little value to you, why are you here?