Maybe this has been asked already, but I would at least like to spark some sort of discussion about this.

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It seems that as of late (I noticed this starting a few weeks ago) r/worldpolitics has been getting strange. Now instead of links to articles, all of the top posts that I see from the sub are super-left leaning political cartoons. I won't get into my own politics because I think that regardless of whether or not you agree with the cartoons this is weird fucking propaganda and is not related to the sub in the slightest. The sub is meant to be a platform for articles about politics, and in a perfect journalistic society you'd want the news to be shared to be completely impartial, because that is what the news is about, giving an unbiased opinion and reporting things as they happen. Now, instead of news, its just political cartoons that talk shit about Trump and issues with American politics.

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That's another thing, r/worldpolitics should be reporting politics around the world. Generally American politics is reserved for r/politics, but even still, if you're discussing American politics then they should at least have some sort of world impact. The most recent post I saw, the straw that broke my back, was a cartoon about the GOP and their sexual misconduct/gender policy issues. How is that gonna make a fucking difference in the state of politics around the world? Especially when most modern countries don't really see these types of major issues?

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Honestly my guess is that theres some outside factory, probably in Russia though I don't want to make any sweeping assumptions, that is pushing this left propaganda for the benefit of the right. Basically, when there is a hot button issue that arises, an outside source posts these very pro-left posts to social media, where it is seen by millions of people on the left who share it to their friends, and this massive sharing and support makes them feel comfortable about their view. They feel so comfortable about their view and how many people agree with it that they think that there could be no way their side could lose. When they feel that, their desire to go out and actually vote or voice their opinion decreases because they think that they would not have to because so many other people will do it for them. It's the social media bystander effect. This is what I think happened in the 2016 election most prominently, yet people are only talking about the conservative propaganda that was being spread, when in fact there was just as much shit being posted on the opposite side of the spectrum. I don't know, just a thought.

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What do y'all think?

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TL;dr I think that r/worldpolitics is being taken over by bots that upvote unrelated hard-left political cartoons to push the right's agenda through the social media bystander effect.