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      13 hours ago

      From the FBI report in 2016: https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco/file/1373816/

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      The Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion.

      So pretending this didn’t lead to Trump in 2016 (and likely now) is what Americans should do according to you?

      Yeah. Let’s not at all remember how much saner things were before 2016. That has nothing to do with our national security being openly exploited to the point Russian propaganda is now appearing on our news stations.

      … the Russian state broadcaster RT orchestrated a massive scheme to influence the American public by secretly planting and financing a content creation company on U.S. soil,” said U.S. Attorney Damian Williams for the Southern District of New York.

      https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/two-rt-employees-indicted-covertly-funding-and-directing-us-company-published-thousands

      This is all just a coincidence, and definitley how our democracy has always been, right?

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          8 hours ago

          Takes one to know one. Bad is still bad. Even if we’ve been the ones to do it. Now we’re too busy rounding up anyone that isn’t white because our government is a kakistocracy in full reverse. Thankfully we’re too stupid to destabilize much but ourselves now.

          But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t still be trying to help those most affected by it. Just because America designed the hose of misinformation that Russia is now using to destabilize world Democracy doesn’t mean we should passively accept it being blasted everywhere.

          I mean, if you feel we’re responsible, shouldn’t we be the ones to fix it if Russia clearly isn’t?