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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRussia Studied How to Get Americans to Make Mistakes - The Atlantic
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Michael Weiss
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Russia Studied How to Get Americans to Make Mistakes - The Atlantic
The Science of Making Americans Hurt Their Own Country
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Russia Studied How to Get Americans to Make Mistakes - The Atlantic (Original Post)
soothsayer
Mar 2021
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uponit7771
(90,225 posts)1. K&R,
Blue Owl
(49,934 posts)2. And DJT is their favorite mistake
a kennedy
(29,467 posts)6. GDR, GAWD DAMN RIGHT, GDR. and Fawk em.
inwiththenew
(972 posts)3. We are such a dysfunctional country that you don't even need to do much
1/3 of the country is bat shit insane. Just throw something out there and let them run with it. Easy peasy.
Irish_Dem
(45,640 posts)4. For Putin it was like taking candy from a baby.
a kennedy
(29,467 posts)7. and it breaks my heart.........
Irish_Dem
(45,640 posts)8. Yes, to see our country and our democracy so damaged.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)5. None of this was invented by Russians. It's all standard US political campaign tactics, used forever
The only thing different is that the cross-border transparency of the internet allows convenient us of the techniques in international political interventions.
Although, the Communist Internationale did its best in the past, and influence campaigns by Britain in league with American anglophiles were very effective in WW 2 and especially WW 1.
ancianita
(35,814 posts)9. A sad dynamic that we help Russia use against us. Thanks, Reagan. Thanks every Republican and
corporate dark money donor thereafter.
...because nothing all that bad really happened to anyone who collaborated with Russian foreign intelligence, either in 2016 or in 2020, maybe the Chinese and their potential American partners will grow a little bolder. The lesson of the past four years is that money is to be made and advantages are to be gained by accepting foreign help in American politics. Perhaps 2024 will be the year to try again.