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The election hackers are back – and they’re starting with the US midterms
- prolikewh0a 8y agoThis article is straight up propaganda. It wants to limit ideas and is whining about the spread of free thought. The second it mentioned Iran the whole article fell apart. Using the internet in this way is no different than the thousands of 'Vote YES on 1631' ads placed everywhere on Washington State soil right now by big oil companies and their PACs. Want to stop this in USA? Take money out of politics and ban political advertisements in print and on the internet. Bolsonaro was not elected for the reasons they say. Glen Greenwald claims it was Desperation and Hopelessness [1]. The ruling class was their enemy, they failed them too much, and the lower classes ran into the arms of anyone who promised change from the establishment. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq2pvabDN7c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq2pvabDN7c
- baud147258 8y agoSo the guardian is already preparing for a follow-up of the election? If the party it is supporting fails, they'll be able to say 'hey we tried to warn you but you didn't listen' and if the party wins, they'll say 'Because of our courageous act of journalism, the enemy (replace by the target-of-the-day) did not act/was thwarted'