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Russia Studied How to Get Americans to Make Mistakes - The Atlantic (Original Post) soothsayer Mar 2021 OP
K&R, uponit7771 Mar 2021 #1
And DJT is their favorite mistake Blue Owl Mar 2021 #2
GDR, GAWD DAMN RIGHT, GDR. and Fawk em. a kennedy Mar 2021 #6
We are such a dysfunctional country that you don't even need to do much inwiththenew Mar 2021 #3
For Putin it was like taking candy from a baby. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #4
and it breaks my heart......... a kennedy Mar 2021 #7
Yes, to see our country and our democracy so damaged. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #8
None of this was invented by Russians. It's all standard US political campaign tactics, used forever Klaralven Mar 2021 #5
A sad dynamic that we help Russia use against us. Thanks, Reagan. Thanks every Republican and ancianita Mar 2021 #9

inwiththenew

(972 posts)
3. We are such a dysfunctional country that you don't even need to do much
Fri Mar 19, 2021, 03:38 PM
Mar 2021

1/3 of the country is bat shit insane. Just throw something out there and let them run with it. Easy peasy.

 

Klaralven

(7,510 posts)
5. None of this was invented by Russians. It's all standard US political campaign tactics, used forever
Fri Mar 19, 2021, 06:46 PM
Mar 2021

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
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 05:52 PM
Mar 2021

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.
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