Maybe. Mostly the US is an easy target. It’s vulnerable through the same means already exploited domestically to promote discord and racist fear. During the cold war Russian propaganda highlighted the inequality, bigotry and injustices in the US.
This led to efforts in the US to at least appear to be making progress socially on issues of Civil Rights. It was impressive how quickly the rhetoric supporting equal rights and an open society was abandoned in the United States following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Remember that the old Soviet Union did exactly EXACTLY the same thing during the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. They did what the could to support the radical 60’s in belief that it would cause a revolution- just like it did in Russia in 1917. Nothing Monarchs, dictators and generalissimos hate Hate more than social dissention. In a democracy- for the most part- dissention strengthens us. The Black civil rights, abortion rights, contraception rights, free speech, Medicare, women’s rights were all agitated for by the old Soviet Union in order to foster revolution ( in the armed sense) But America is much better because of most everything that happened in the 60’s. HOWEVER---- in today’s world we are said to be in a cold civil war. So maybe the Russians are finally on to something.
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I hate to bring up the whole Bernie thing because I want to move on, but all that “revolution” talk and both-sides-ism and “the DNC is hopelessly corrupt” business sounded like it came straight out of a Soviet wet dream.
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While I’m aware of how Lenin got back into Russia, of all the examples to choose from, he chose that one.
Now I’d be hard pressed to pick two or more examples that doesn’t have the hint of either foreign intervention or allowance, but I’d try (not sure if I’d succeed) to make sure that my first answer isn’t that one. .
Spot on, as always.
I am just speechless that he would think that this is okay on any level.
This intervention was probably not a one and done. These people and movements were not just being sponsored, they were being cultivated. Russia plays a long game.
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The activist stated that “subverting the American status quo may be a mutual objective for a hostile Russian operation and the U.S. protest movements striving for more equality and justice”
This is blather. This guy was manipulated by a Russian espionage operation that was hostile to not only the US status quo but also to his movement. The “signal boost” was to spread disinformation about his cause.
The Trumpists with their talk of getting rid of “establishment” Republicans and the dreaded “political correctness”, see itself as subverting the American status quo. Although in reality, this faux populist movement is controlled by plutocrats such as Robert Mercer and Peter Thiel.
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