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It's not the USA outsourcing rage, it is foreign actors paying to manufacture rage in the USA.

While a handful troll factories are paid to destabilize USA, vast majority operate from 3rd world countries with only profit in mind.

I didn’t say WHY they are manufacturing rage. Some do it for political reasons, some for profit, some for both.

Why do politics though? Trolling people over sport or entertainment or games is massively easier.

politics is the easiest because of outrage

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I'd make the assumption that posters located in Russia, China, NK, etc. are likely to be in some way tied to the state, where posters in India, random African nations, etc. are more likely to be private actors of which some will be US-based outsourcing to low-cost labor.

Its also just financially lucrative? The right tends to have more politically incorrect things to say and its no surprise click-farms from Asia would want to capitalize on that shock value.

That is still foreign actors manufacturing rage, whether it is for profit or for political motivations.

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