OK, I can see where where you're coming from. I think it's a little silly, and insufficient, but it's not a crazy position. A little silly: Consider the exampl

OK, I can see where where you're coming from. I think it's a little silly, and insufficient, but it's not a crazy position. A little silly: Consider the examples. E.g., Russia took out facebook ads raising awareness about police brutality in the US. This is clearly "provoking both sides into hostility," but so what? Does it really matter that it's (scary voice) Russia doing it? The second reason I think it's silly is it's just impossible to trace influence, ultimately. How many political commentators have gigs at think tanks that are ultimately funded by foreign governments? Lots! Or what about people that have close family members living in other countries? Etc. Ultimately, I think people just need to evaluate arguments on the merits, and also be sophisticated about considering all possible sources and motivations for any given argument they are seeing.