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Honestly the media coverage makes it sound like the Russians run our elections. That perception is a much bigger win from them than anything they got from Faceb
by Msw242 5y ago
Honestly the media coverage makes it sound like the Russians run our elections. That perception is a much bigger win from them than anything they got from Facebook ads and bots.
So many Americans want to believe that the only way anybody could ever disagree with their beliefs and preferences is through manipulation by malicious foreign actors.
The reality (that half the population disagrees with them and has different values) is completely unpalatable.
- watwut 5y agoI did not detected such perception, really. There is a lot of blaming other party for wrong values going around all the time. That is not even mutually exclusive with foreign actors trying to influence politics, whether successfully or not.
- Msw242 5y ago>I did not detected such perception, really. Well, there was such a perception E.g.: "How Russia Helped Swing the Election for Trump" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/01/how-russia-helped-to-swing-the-election-for-trump https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/01/how-russia-hel...
- watwut 5y agoThat is one article, you are saying "Honestly the media coverage makes it sound like the Russians run our elections." and "So many Americans want to believe that the only way anybody could ever disagree with their beliefs and preferences is through manipulation by malicious foreign actors." I did not seen this opinion that elections were all about Russia to be frequent fo prevalent or dominating either news or what Americans talk about.
- Msw242 4y agoHow many sources would satisfy you, given that an institution like New Yorker publishing the take doesn't? If you give me a reasonable number (less than 10 min of work) I'm happy to deliver.