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In reply to the discussion: The beginning of the end? [View all]AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)Denial might the best coping strategy. I am not talking about totalitarian dictatorship but autoritarian oligarchy aka 'managed democracy'. Full transition may take a few years but is typically faciliated by major conflicts, like the one trump/bannon is actively trying to provoke.
Everything that I wrote is not a hypothesis but publicly available information about how Putin has been trying to undermine democracies across the globe with Dugin being brain power behind identifying individuals/parties that can destabilize governments. In the US and Europe, the funding has been focused on far right movements pushing towards isolationism and spreading islamophobia.
E.g., Alex Jones is frequent on Kremlin's propaganda channel - RT. Other right wing puppets likely get funding through various foundations and may not even be aware if it's coming from Russia.
I would not even be surprised if that truck driver attack in France was false flag or intentional provocation to make sure Marine Le Pen rises (which she did).
Trump himself has been living in conspiracy theories for many years and may no longer distinguish between facts and alternative facts. He is an opportunist and con man addicted to the idea of being like putin. He never read US constitution. Putin's goal is NOT to make a partner of friend with US. His goal to destabilize our governemnt and country, to discredit us as legitimate democracy and to make we never ever again tell him what and whT not to do on his for ambitious expnsion of Russia. Bannon is just the man for that who is on record stating that his goal is to destroy the government and destroy the state.