>theyre part of a transnational syndicate working to subvert
>democracy and permanently/institutionally cement authoritarian
>rule to uphold their interests.
>
>russian state/intelligence/oligarchs, domestic oligarchs from
>various industries, psyops firms like cambridge analytica and
>'israeli' psy group, fossil fuel conglomerates, white
>nationalist/nativist groups, conservative religious
>fundamentalists, rupert murdoch, etc.
>
>all working in remarkable cohesion.
>
>it isnt just america. its a well coordinated effort thats
>been successful here, the uk, brazil, philippines, india,
>australia, etc.
>
>if you watch elections across the world...its literally the
>same playbook in mad countries. same targeted/specific
>rhetoric, same disinformation tactics, same pattern of shady
>election funding and subversion of campaign finance oversight,
>etc.
>
>thats why youll consistently notice russian hackings, russian
>funding of right wing parties/lobbies, russian troll
>campaigns, etc in all of these stories.


At BEST they only function to exacerbate EXISTING shit.

I think there are plenty forces within all the countries mentioned that they don't NEED Russian siceage.

The establishment needs the "Russian" villain propped up to take eyes off what they are doing in plain sight.

2016 was more "Republicans cheating" than "Russians trolling" IMO.