Scale and intentionality. Kasparov has talked about reading an interview he “gave” to a supposedly anti-Putin newspaper in which his political positions are ack

Scale and intentionality. Kasparov has talked about reading an interview he “gave” to a supposedly anti-Putin newspaper in which his political positions are acknowledged, but subtle changes are made that weaken his arguments and discredit him personally. The ability to create entire media organizations, websites, troll farms, etc. with the explicit intention of sowing confusion and kneecapping the ability of the populations to discern what is actually happening in the world around them is only a tool available - at scale - to a certain class of people.