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Where have you been? "Russian hackers" has been an internet trope before memes were a thing.
by cjslep 9y ago
Where have you been? "Russian hackers" has been an internet trope before memes were a thing.
- chillwaves 9y agoBack in my day it used to be "chinese hackers" but I guess we have always been at war with Eurasia.
- checkyoursudo 9y agohttps://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Russian+hackers%2CChinese+hackers&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CRussian%20hackers%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CChinese%20hackers%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Russian+hacker...
- coldtea 9y agoNot referring to the internet trope (or the existence of hackers in Russia and/or Eastern Europe), but the actual BS press "Russian hackers behind this and that", which is the "WMDs" of late 2010s.
- cjslep 9y agoWhat do you mean "WMDs of late 2010s"? The WMD excuse I'm familiar with was the one to invade Iraq was early 2000's, and anyone with half a critical mind could see that it was a flimsy argument at best in order to appeal to the hawks at home who wanted blood after September 11th. And American citizens who had studied Islam at all would understand that the only reason the Sunni, Shia, (and Kurds, ethnic not religious minority) had not openly killed each other in Iraq was due to Saddam's non-discriminating iron fist, and that invading could have potentially destabilized the country into a pariah state. I'm not going to change your mind on what you think is BS, but I do disagree with you. If you have the chance, I highly suggest talking to retired CIA operatives that were active during the Cold War -- the stuff they talk about (when allowed) can be pretty eye-opening.