‘Putin’s chef’ admits to interfering in U.S. elections
> Russian companies were charged in the U.S. with operating a covert social media campaign aimed at fomenting discord and dividing American public opinionThis is key here and I think we should all take note because I see comments here that feed into their tactics. Their goal isn't to have a specific election winner, but to divide us as a nation (not just US but all Westerners and even countries like Japan) and create political shutdowns. The point is to further political extremism, on both sides, and to create in fighting so that no united formation can stand against them.So the question is how to fight against this. There are things that the government can and should do, but there are things we the public NEED to do as well. We have to be aware that we're often in these battlegrounds. This thread is one itself. So when commenting we need to ensure that we're discussing in good faith. That we're avoiding mic drops and easy points. We need nuance and to discuss the complexities of the issues we face in a complex world. Shift away from the emotional reactions because that is what they exploit. They have super computers and trolls aimed at your brain to exploit this animalistic behavior and we all are ill prepared and highly vulnerable to it (yes me, yes you, and I mean all of you). So we have to slow down and think more. It's not easy and causes an internal battle, but I think my doing this we become stronger and this helps us fight any adversary who would like to make useful idiots out of all of us.