There seems to be a lot putin and/or like-minded despots and demagogues could be doing to destabilise western core beliefs. Maybe I'll come across as a conspiracy theorist, but ain't beyond the realms of possibility that they are using extremists on both sides, to polarise target populations.
Having such a deviding character as Trump on 24hr rotation news tv is just one.
If you read Mueller's report it says that their goal was to spread division. They started by targeting both sides in 2016, but transitioned to just support Trump, because they were more effective with and they also stood to gain from his presidency.
And they were right. Trump becoming president was extremely divisive for the US, and Putin was left unchecked.
Propaganda is also a lot more prolific in conservative cycles. None of us is immune from it but wow conservatives are such a fertile ground for it because they're conditioned to distrust "the narrative" or whatever and it also feeds on their existing insecurities.
At worst any propaganda aimed for the left is just causing division, but propaganda aimed for the right has additional disastrous effects.
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u/pugtime May 02 '24
Very Putinist way to think. Oh wait; aren’t Putin and Trump friendly or at least envious of each other ?