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> There is a war happening. We are immersed in an evolving, ongoing conflict: an Information World War in which state actors, terrorists, and ideological extrem

> There is a war happening. We are immersed in an evolving, ongoing conflict: an Information World War in which state actors, terrorists, and ideological extremists leverage the social infrastructure underpinning everyday life to sow discord and erode shared reality. Cite maybe? Like what is this even referring to? Some level of specificity would be great.

rightbyte 6y ago
It is all fear mongering. Any foreign state propaganda drowns in superior domestic. Disconnect the nuclear reactors from the internet allready and calm down everyone. It is not like "russian hackers" is behind the riots in the US or bad covid advice.
- jaekash 6y ago
  > It is not like "russian hackers" is behind the riots in the US or bad covid advice. Yeah, the article is so vague that it can just fit whatever bias the reader has but I also suspect that the most likely biases that will be fit to this has plenty of domestic rabble rousers behind them.
- armagon 6y ago
  I'm amazed by the daft things people believe about Covid. The best thing a foreign power could do to take out a nation would be to get them to fight among themselves, and there is fighting all over the place, from memes to counter memes, to riots in the streets. I just can't tell if foreign agitators helped it along, or if it didn't need any help.
  - jaekash 6y ago
    > I'm amazed by the daft things people believe about Covid. So are we all I'm sure, and I'm sure we all hold contrary views on some of the things we are amazed at other people believing. Degree of amazement in no way determines correctness of your own views. > I just can't tell if foreign agitators helped it along, or if it didn't need any help. Don't think it needed help personally.
- naringas 6y ago
  > behind the riots in the US I would blame the prices of basic necesities (water [1], food, rent) [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23612007 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23612007

rightbyte 6y ago

It is all fear mongering. Any foreign state propaganda drowns in superior domestic. Disconnect the nuclear reactors from the internet allready and calm down everyone. It is not like "russian hackers" is behind the riots in the US or bad covid advice.

jaekash 6y ago
> It is not like "russian hackers" is behind the riots in the US or bad covid advice. Yeah, the article is so vague that it can just fit whatever bias the reader has but I also suspect that the most likely biases that will be fit to this has plenty of domestic rabble rousers behind them.
armagon 6y ago
I'm amazed by the daft things people believe about Covid. The best thing a foreign power could do to take out a nation would be to get them to fight among themselves, and there is fighting all over the place, from memes to counter memes, to riots in the streets. I just can't tell if foreign agitators helped it along, or if it didn't need any help.
- jaekash 6y ago
  > I'm amazed by the daft things people believe about Covid. So are we all I'm sure, and I'm sure we all hold contrary views on some of the things we are amazed at other people believing. Degree of amazement in no way determines correctness of your own views. > I just can't tell if foreign agitators helped it along, or if it didn't need any help. Don't think it needed help personally.
naringas 6y ago
> behind the riots in the US I would blame the prices of basic necesities (water [1], food, rent) [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23612007 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23612007