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> Russia may not be the #1 enemy, but it is certainly among the top 2 enemies and perhaps the most likely to succeed in destabilizing the US as the most powerfu
by nicodjimenez 5y ago
> Russia may not be the #1 enemy, but it is certainly among the top 2 enemies and perhaps the most likely to succeed in destabilizing the US as the most powerful country.
Russia has been pretty irrelevant to US geopolitical interests for over thirty years. Their economy is 1/10 of the size of the US economy. Russia gets overwhelmingly negative coverage in mainstream US media, which proves how weak their leverage in the US really is.
- AnimalMuppet 5y ago> Russia has been pretty irrelevant to US geopolitical interests for over thirty years. When Russia has active, long-running disinformation campaigns designed to destabilize the US, I'm pretty sure that I disagree.
- nicodjimenez 5y agoHow, just by running some FB ads? The idea that Russia has a serious amount of influence in the US is a joke. What business leverage do they have here? The total trade between Russian and US is very small so the opportunity for economic leverage is low. How fearful is anyone to post anything negative online about Russia? Not very fearful. If anything Russia is the victim of misinformation campaigns in the US, they are not the perpetrator.
- momdad420 5y agoYou seem like a moron. Even if you want to ignore the obvious effect fake Facebook ads had on people's perceptions of the candidates, the outcome was still the US moving away from Europe. This benefits Russia geopolitically. Don't be obtuse