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It's easy to pin this all on a foreign enemy, but this "theory" is completely invalidated by noticing that Trump receives support from all the most powerful per
by thrance 8mo ago
It's easy to pin this all on a foreign enemy, but this "theory" is completely invalidated by noticing that Trump receives support from all the most powerful person of the country: Musk, Zuckerberg, Thiel, Ellison, Bezos... America doesn't need foreign adversaries to destroy itself.
- tokai 8mo agoTwo of the big names in your list there are not even americans.
- thrance 8mo agoThey are, by any relevant metric...
- epistasis 8mo agoHow many of these people have talked to Putin or other similarly-skilled Russian intelligence agents that convinced them that Russian style oligarchy would give them more power than liberal democracy? I would guess most if not all. Bezos is the only one who I imagine might not have had detailed discussions. Musk was completely in the grasp of Putin, though that seems to have changed in the past month with the sudden change of heart and disablement of Russian military starlink inside Ukraine. Apparently it was implemented in a single day, and SpaceX staff was confused by the sudden change in heart. That is still consistent with Putin playing Musk like a puppet earlier when they had direct conversations. I think there are a confluence of reasons for this behavior, and I while I think that foreign influence can't explain it all, it would explain a huge chunk.
- inemesitaffia 8mo agoIt's always fascinating people who don't know how things work openly spouting evidence of their ignorance.
- epistasis 8mo agoFeel free to offer how you think things work, and why, if you can.
- inemesitaffia 8mo agoYou can't implement a whitelist when the party required to make the list doesn't do it. Unless you're ready to switch the entire thing off. The public statements from Ukraine from day zero don't agree with your perspective.