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Turbineguy

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13. Putin can get conservatives to do pretty much whatever he wants.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri May 4, 2018, 11:26 AM

May 2018

The Russians have done well. Very impressive. They've been working on this sort of thing for well over 100 years. There was a period where they tried to influence "the left", but that didn't really work out because people on the left have a limited gullibility. Also, people on the left are less willing to pay to be deceived.

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