> I bothers me no end that influence/propaganda operations continuously get termed "hacking the election" You realize you're on a site named "Hacker News", usi

> I bothers me no end that influence/propaganda operations continuously get termed "hacking the election" You realize you're on a site named "Hacker News", using the term to refer to influence operations, right? > If we, as a nation, were actually serving our citizens and maintaining the level of education and sustaining the standard of living required for democracy to function across most of the population I do not think these Russian-style campaigns would be very effective. And this is exactly what classic Soviet/Russian propaganda wants you to conclude: "So in practice I guess the 'Democracy' system is no better than the Soviet Communist/Putinist system after all."