re: #150 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Putin is not out for world domination, his agenda is more centered on re-establishing the old Russian Empire. And his people seem to be better educated on how to use media and spread (dis)information than Americans, who get their info from Fox News of their Twitter/FB feed.

The media and disinformation campaigns were successful because a party of quislings abetted them. Their continued success depends largely on continuing help from groups who see it as in their interest, without considering any long-term ramifications. Now that the whole campaign is coming into the open, we are able to fight back. But the real enemy isn’t Putin, it’s all his willing assistants here.

(I grew up in the Cold War, and I can remember when anything labeled “USSR” was automatically viewed with suspicion. Which is also a mistake, but not one so bad as ignoring or letting yourself be ignorant of the source.)