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I am a far leftist who runs a 500+ liked antifa page. I also only see the body armor ads.

by leftwinger 6y ago

JulianMorrison 6y ago
So basically Facebook is like, you and you, fight! Also buy our weapons.
- bobthepanda 6y ago
  probably what's more likely is that with a democrat president, gun companies are pouring money into ads to really juice up already high sales. (generally speaking, people rush to buy guns whenever the specter of gun control comes up, because they think that'll be the last chance they get.)
  - rootusrootus 6y ago
    > people rush to buy guns whenever the specter of gun control comes up And it's mostly in their head. The right was fired up for eight long years driving up the price of guns and ammo while Obama was president, meanwhile he never made even a token effort at gun control.
    - CompanionCuuube 6y ago
      > he never made even a token effort at gun control. That's not actually true, there are incidents like the ammo import ban to automatically prohibiting elderly people receiving financial assistance. The fact that the gun control you were expecting didn't happen doesn't mean that none did.
- handedness 6y ago
  A balance-of-power strategy's effectiveness is not limited to foreign populations.
nickpinkston 6y ago
Interesting - can anyone else confirm this?
xorx 6y ago
Pretty much this. I highly suspect this is just a matter of advertising chasing ROI. Firearms, ammunition (if you can even find it), plate carriers, plates, optics, NVGs, holsters - all of it is selling for at least 200% what it was one year ago right now. Everyone running ad campaigns is seeing ROI > 3 and dramatically increasing spend. Once bids rise to the point that ROI is normalized, we'll see less of this.
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tomcam 6y ago
Would you mind revealing that page? I am on the opposite end of the political spectrum but I hold great value in people who are honest about what they are and I’m always reevaluating my positions. I’m not trying to put you on the spot. Feel free to ignore this message.
- tmpz22 6y ago
  What exactly is the opposite side of an anti-fascist facebook page?
  - exporectomy 6y ago
    The "fascist" in anti-fascist doesn't really mean fascist. It's a slur for right-wingers, like how communist is a slur for left-wingers.
    - pii 6y ago
      "no I'm the victim, not the <xyz group of people who identify politically the same way as me are actively oppressing>"
      - meowface 6y ago
        [...] RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded
        pii 6y ago
        Lol yep
        CompanionCuuube 6y ago
        woosh
        pii 6y ago
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I am a far leftist who runs a 500+ liked antifa page. I also only see the body armor ads.

JulianMorrison 6y ago

So basically Facebook is like, you and you, fight! Also buy our weapons.

bobthepanda 6y ago
probably what's more likely is that with a democrat president, gun companies are pouring money into ads to really juice up already high sales. (generally speaking, people rush to buy guns whenever the specter of gun control comes up, because they think that'll be the last chance they get.)
- rootusrootus 6y ago
  > people rush to buy guns whenever the specter of gun control comes up And it's mostly in their head. The right was fired up for eight long years driving up the price of guns and ammo while Obama was president, meanwhile he never made even a token effort at gun control.
  - CompanionCuuube 6y ago
    > he never made even a token effort at gun control. That's not actually true, there are incidents like the ammo import ban to automatically prohibiting elderly people receiving financial assistance. The fact that the gun control you were expecting didn't happen doesn't mean that none did.
handedness 6y ago
A balance-of-power strategy's effectiveness is not limited to foreign populations.

nickpinkston 6y ago

Interesting - can anyone else confirm this?

xorx 6y ago

Pretty much this. I highly suspect this is just a matter of advertising chasing ROI. Firearms, ammunition (if you can even find it), plate carriers, plates, optics, NVGs, holsters - all of it is selling for at least 200% what it was one year ago right now. Everyone running ad campaigns is seeing ROI > 3 and dramatically increasing spend. Once bids rise to the point that ROI is normalized, we'll see less of this.

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tomcam 6y ago

Would you mind revealing that page? I am on the opposite end of the political spectrum but I hold great value in people who are honest about what they are and I’m always reevaluating my positions. I’m not trying to put you on the spot. Feel free to ignore this message.

tmpz22 6y ago
What exactly is the opposite side of an anti-fascist facebook page?
- exporectomy 6y ago
  The "fascist" in anti-fascist doesn't really mean fascist. It's a slur for right-wingers, like how communist is a slur for left-wingers.
  - pii 6y ago
    "no I'm the victim, not the <xyz group of people who identify politically the same way as me are actively oppressing>"
    - meowface 6y ago
      [...] RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded
      - pii 6y ago
        Lol yep
        CompanionCuuube 6y ago
        woosh
        pii 6y ago

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