• BrainInABox@lemmy.ml
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    8 个月前

    Great to see liberals coming up with their own version the Judeo-Bolshervick conspiracy theory.

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      8 个月前

      To be clear: Russians aren’t communist or behind everything. Russia’s a typical country with an imperialist administration, it engages in information warfare because it helps it win harder at imperialism (the highest form of capitalism).

      I’m not even sure convinced they’re deliberately targeting MLs, honestly. It seems like the sort of thing that’d self organise inside the communication medium: The platforms they post on will recommend based on factors like your political leaning, material position, etc. So will the people in your social network.

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        8 个月前

        Russians aren’t communist or behind everything.

        Whether they’re communist or not isn’t the relevant part. And you can’t go claiming “oh but they’re not behind everything” when you invoke them as the secret puppet master behind all your political enemies".

        Russia’s a typical country… it engages in information warfare

        And yet you only ever invoke Russia as the shadowy puppet master behind your enemies, suggesting it is not typical